Where does “amancebamiento” come from?
amancebamiento (Spanish) comes from Spanish amancebarse, from Spanish mancebo, from Vulgar Latin mancipius, from Latin mancipium, from Latin manceps, from Latin -ceps, from Old Latin -cipes, from Proto-Italic -kaputis — to seize, hold.
amancebamiento (Spanish): cohabitation
Definitions
- cohabitation
Ancestry of “amancebamiento”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | amancebarse | to shack up live together |
| 2 | Spanish | mancebo | juvenile; youth; young servant, waiter |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | mancipius | slave |
| 4 | Latin | mancipium | The formal taking possession of goods bought;... |
| 5 | Latin | manceps | purchaser, renter; contractor, agent; surety,... |
| 6 | Latin | -ceps | -headed; -fold; -catcher |
| 7 | Old Latin | -cipes | "third declension"; Alternative form of -ceps;... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -kaputis | -headed |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |