Where does “cazafantasmas” come from?
cazafantasmas (Spanish) comes from Spanish fantasma, from Latin phantasma, from Ancient Greek φάντασμα, from Ancient Greek φαντάζω, from Ancient Greek φαίνω, from English -type, from Ancient Greek τύπος, from Ancient Greek τύπτω — to push, to hit.
cazafantasmas (Spanish): ghosthunter
Definitions
- ghosthunter
Ancestry of “cazafantasmas”, step by step
cazafantasmas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish fantasma
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | fantasma | ghost, phantom, wraith; show-off |
| 2 | Latin | phantasma | image, appearance; apparition, spectre, phantom |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | φάντασμα | phantom, apparition, ghost; vision, dream;... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | φαντάζω | to show; to make visible; to place before one's... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | φαίνω | I cause to appear, bring to light; I show,... |
| 6 | English | -type | impressed form; stamp; print; typical form; Used... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | τύπος | A blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | τύπτω | to beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewp- | to push, to stick |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |
via Spanish cazar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | cazar | to hunt; to catch |
| 2 | Late Latin | captiare | present active infinitive of captiō;... |
| 3 | Latin | captio | deception, fraud, deceit, trick; quibble; catch |
| 4 | Latin | capto | I strive to seize, catch or grasp at; I seek, aim... |
| 5 | Latin | capio | I take, I capture, I catch, I seize, I take... |
| 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,... |