Where does “sanca” come from?

sanca (Portuguese) comes from Spanish zanca, from Late Latin zancha — a kind of soft Parthian shoe.

sanca (Portuguese): cove, coving

Definitions

  1. cove, coving

Ancestry of “sanca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishzancaleg of a bird; long, thin leg of a human
2Late Latinzanchaa kind of soft Parthian shoe
Every word from Late Latin zancha →Every word from Spanish zanca →