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
- finger puppet
Ancestry of “dedoche”, step by step
dedoche traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese fantoche
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | fantoche | puppet |
| 2 | French | fantoche | puppet; manipulated |
| 3 | Italian | fantoccio | dummy; puppet; doll |
| 4 | Italian | fante | jack; knave |
| 5 | Italian | infante | infant; baby, infant; infanta |
| 6 | Latin | īnfāntem | — |
| 7 | Latin | īnfāns | speechless, inarticulate |
| 8 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 9 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 10 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |