Where does “sapeca” come from?
sapeca (Portuguese) comes from Malay să, from Malay ĕsă, from Proto-Malayic əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *əsa, from Proto-Oceanic *isa.
sapeca (Portuguese): mischievous causing mischief
Definitions
- mischievous causing mischief
Ancestry of “sapeca”, step by step
sapeca traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Malay să
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malay | să | Obsolete spelling of se |
| 2 | Malay | ĕsă | Obsolete spelling of esa |
| 3 | Proto-Malayic | əsa | — |
| 4 | Proto-Malayo-Chamic | əsa | — |
| 5 | Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan | əsa | — |
| 6 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | əsa | one |
| 7 | Proto-Austronesian | *əsa | — |
| 8 | Proto-Oceanic | *isa | — |
via Portuguese sapecar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | sapecar | to scorch; to sear; to parch |
| 2 | Portuguese | -ar | forms the impersonal infinitive of... |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | -ar | — |
| 4 | Latin | -are | present active infinitive of -ō; -āre;... |
| 5 | Latin | -o | forms masculine agent nouns, positive and... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -ōd | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -éad | — |