Where does “coita” come from?
coita (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese coita, from Old Portuguese coitar, from Vulgar Latin coctare, from Latin cōctus, from Latin coactus, from Latin cōgō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
coita (Portuguese): sorrow, grief, misfortune
Definitions
- sorrow, grief, misfortune
Ancestry of “coita”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | coita | — |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | coitar | — |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | coctare | — |
| 4 | Latin | cōctus | cooked, having been cooked |
| 5 | Latin | coactus | forced, compelled, having been forced; urged,... |
| 6 | Latin | cōgō | to collect, assemble, gather together |
| 7 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 8 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 9 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |