Where does “dedoche” come from?

dedoche (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese fantoche, from French fantoche, from Italian fantoccio, from Italian fante, from Italian infante, from Latin īnfāntem, from Latin īnfāns, from Latin īn- — in.

dedoche (Portuguese): finger puppet

Definitions

  1. finger puppet

Ancestry of “dedoche”, step by step

dedoche traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Portuguese fantoche

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesefantochepuppet
2Frenchfantochepuppet; manipulated
3Italianfantocciodummy; puppet; doll
4Italianfantejack; knave
5Italianinfanteinfant; baby, infant; infanta
6Latinīnfāntem
7Latinīnfānsspeechless, inarticulate
8Latinīn-un-, non-, not
9Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
10Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
11Proto-Italicenin
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via Portuguese dedo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesededofinger; an informal unit of measurement; toe
2Old Portuguesededo
3Latindigitusa finger, toe, digit; a twig
4Proto-Indo-Europeandeyḱ-to point out
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Proto-Italic en