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Santos

Santos comes from Portuguese santo ‘saint’, from Old Galician-Portuguese santo ‘holy’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sān- ‘healthy, happy’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sān-‘healthy, happy’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsanciō‘consecrate, appoint as sacred’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsānctus‘sacred, made inviolable, having been established as sacred’perfect passive participle of sanciō
  4. Old Galician-Portuguesec. 1100–1500santo‘holy’
  5. Portuguesec. 1500–presentsame form‘saint’
  6. Portuguese, derivedc. 1500–presentSantosplural of santo
  7. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sān-‘healthy, happy’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsanciō‘consecrate, appoint as sacred’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsānctus‘sacred, made inviolable, having been established as sacred’perfect passive participle of sanciō
  4. Old Galician-Portuguesec. 1100–1500santo‘holy’
  5. Portuguesec. 1500–presentsame form‘saint’
  6. Portuguese, derivedc. 1500–presentSantosplural of santo
  7. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Latin sanciō ‘consecrate, appoint as sacred’

sanction

through Latin sānctus ‘sacred, made inviolable, having been…’

saint, sanctuary, sanctity, sanctum, sanctification, 6 more

Another origin of Santos

  1. roamodernSantos
  2. Englishtodaysame form

Today it means

name A municipality of São Paulo, Brazil.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sān- / Santos

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