Where does “sapateado” come from?

sapateado (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese sapatear, from Portuguese sapato, from Old Portuguese çapato, from Old Spanish çapato — shoe.

sapateado (Portuguese): tap dance

Definitions

  1. tap dance

Ancestry of “sapateado”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesesapatear—
2Portuguesesapatoshoe
3Old Portugueseçapatoshoe
4Old Spanishçapatoshoe
Every word from Old Spanish çapato →Every word from Old Portuguese çapato →Every word from Portuguese sapato →
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