Where does “catalejo” come from?
catalejo (Spanish) comes from Spanish catar, from Old Spanish catar, from Late Latin catto, from Latin captō, from Latin capiō, from Proto-Italic kapiō, from Proto-Italic kapjō, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂pyéti — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...
catalejo (Spanish): spyglass
Definitions
- spyglass
Ancestry of “catalejo”, step by step
catalejo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish catar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | catar | to taste; to sample; to examine, look at |
| 2 | Old Spanish | catar | — |
| 3 | Late Latin | catto | — |
| 4 | Latin | captō | to strive to seize, catch or grasp at |
| 5 | Latin | capiō | to take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kapiō | take |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kapjō | take, seize |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂pyéti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂p- | to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,... |