Where does “caquinar” come from?

caquinar (Portuguese) comes from Latin cachinno, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

caquinar (Portuguese): to snicker to emit a snicker

Definitions

  1. to snicker to emit a snicker

Ancestry of “caquinar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatincachinnoI laugh loudly or immoderately; I cachinnate; I...
2Latin-ōsuffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs
3Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ō →Every word from Latin -ō →Every word from Latin cachinno →
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