Where does “coitado” come from?

coitado (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese coitar, 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,...

coitado (Portuguese): pitiful, wretched

Definitions

  1. pitiful, wretched

Ancestry of “coitado”, step by step

coitado traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Portuguese coitar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesecoitarto cause pain; to torment, to distress, to...
2Old Portuguesecoitar
3Vulgar Latincoctare
4Latincōctuscooked, having been cooked
5Latincoactusforced, compelled, having been forced; urged,...
6Latincōgōto collect, assemble, gather together
7Latincōn-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects
8Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
9Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
10Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
11Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
12Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
13Middle Englishkyt
14Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
15Old High Germankuti
16Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
17Proto-Germanickweduzresin
18Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
19Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

via Old Portuguese [[coitado]], [[cuitado]]

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguese[[coitado]], [[cuitado]]

Words derived from “coitado

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gū-Every word from Latin cōn-Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷet-