Where does “caravançará” come from?
caravançará (Portuguese) comes from French caravansérail, from Ottoman Turkish karvanseray, from Persian کاروانسرای, from Persian کاروان, from Middle Persian kʾlwʾn', from Old Persian 𐎣𐎠𐎼, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥- — army.
caravançará (Portuguese): caravanserai; mess
Ancestry of “caravançará”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | caravansérail | caravanserai |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | karvanseray | — |
| 3 | Persian | کاروانسرای | caravanserai |
| 4 | Persian | کاروان | caravan; convoy |
| 5 | Middle Persian | kʾlwʾn' | military column; caravan |
| 6 | Old Persian | 𐎣𐎠𐎼 | the people, subjects; army |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |