Etymograph

English

Sampaio

Sampaio comes from Portuguese São ‘forms the titles of male saints whose names…’, from Latin sānctus ‘sacred’, and ultimately from Proto-Italic *sanktos.

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sanktosreconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsānctus‘sacred’
  3. Old Galician-Portuguesec. 1100–1500santo‘saint’
  4. Old Galician-Portuguese, derivedc. 1100–1500sanclipping of santo
  5. Portuguesec. 1500–presentSão‘forms the titles of male saints whose names begin with a consonant’
  6. EnglishtodaySampaio

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sanktosreconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsānctus‘sacred’
  3. Old Galician-Portuguesec. 1100–1500santo‘saint’
  4. Old Galician-Portuguese, derivedc. 1100–1500sanclipping of santo
  5. Portuguesec. 1500–presentSão‘forms the titles of male saints whose names begin with a consonant’
  6. EnglishtodaySampaio

Linked words

through Latin sānctus ‘sacred’

saint, sanctuary, santo, sanctity, sanctum, sanctification, 5 more

Today it means

name A surname from Portuguese.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *sanktos / Sampaio

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