Where does “cautela” come from?

cautela (Portuguese) comes from Latin cautela, from Latin cautus, from Latin caveō, from Proto-Italic *kaweō — to beware, to be mindful of.

cautela (Portuguese): caution; share

Definitions

  1. caution; share

Ancestry of “cautela”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincautelacaution; vocative singular of cautēla; ablative...
2Latincautuscautious, careful; circumspect, prudent; wary
3Latincaveōto take precautions, beware, take care; to guard against, attend to a thing for a person, provide
4Proto-Italic*kaweōto beware, to be mindful of

Words derived from “cautela”

Every word from Proto-Italic *kaweō →Every word from Latin caveō →Every word from Latin cautus →
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