Where does “cautela” come from?
cautela (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish cabtela, from Latin cautela, from Latin cautus, from Latin caveō, from Proto-Italic *kaweō.
cautela (Spanish): caution, care, caginess, chariness; precaution
Definitions
- caution, care, caginess, chariness; precaution
Ancestry of “cautela”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Spanish | cabtela | — |
| 2 | Latin | cautela | caution; vocative singular of cautēla; ablative... |
| 3 | Latin | cautus | cautious, careful; circumspect, prudent; wary |
| 4 | Latin | caveō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *kaweō | — |
Words derived from “cautela”