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Taboada
Taboada comes from Galician Taboada, from Late Latin pons ‘a bridge, a construction or natural feature…’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pent- ‘path’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pent-‘path’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*póntoh₁s‘path, road’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pontsreconstructed
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEponsas (ponte)‘a bridge, a construction or natural feature that spans a divide’
- GalicianmodernTaboada
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pent-‘path’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*póntoh₁s‘path, road’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pontsreconstructed
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEponsas (ponte)‘a bridge, a construction or natural feature that spans a divide’
- GalicianmodernTaboada
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pent- ‘path’
find, path, patrol, pad, faze, pontiff, pontifex, 14 more
through Proto-Indo-European *póntoh₁s ‘path, road’
through Proto-Italic *ponts
through Late Latin pons ‘a bridge, a construction or natural feature…’
Today it means
name A surname from Galician.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pent- / Taboada