Where does “panha” come from?
panha (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese apanhar, from Spanish apañar, from Spanish A, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.
Ancestry of “panha”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | apanhar | to collect, gather; to grab, pick up; to field |
| 2 | Spanish | apañar | to fix, to mend; to pick up, to grab with the... |
| 3 | Spanish | A | bishop |
| 4 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 5 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 6 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 7 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |