Where does “cacicato” come from?

cacicato (Spanish) comes from Spanish -ato, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

cacicato (Spanish): chieftainship

Definitions

  1. chieftainship

Ancestry of “cacicato”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanish-atoforms an institution from a noun stem; forms the...
2Latin-ātused
3Proto-Italic-ātos—
4Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →Every word from Latin -ātus →Every word from Spanish -ato →