Where does “caranguejeira” come from?
caranguejeira (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese caranguejo, from Spanish cangrejo, from Old Spanish cangro, from Latin cancer, from Proto-Italic kankros, from Proto-Italic karkros, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker- — to cut, cut off, sever.
caranguejeira (Portuguese): any of several species of large, hairy spiders,...
Definitions
- any of several species of large, hairy spiders,...
Ancestry of “caranguejeira”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | caranguejo | crab; Cancer |
| 2 | Spanish | cangrejo | crab |
| 3 | Old Spanish | cangro | crab |
| 4 | Latin | cancer | a crab; a tumor, cancer; a lattice, grid, or... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kankros | crab |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | karkros | enclosure, barrier |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥-kr̥- | circular |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ker- | to cut off; to turn, bend |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |