cando

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese quando, from Latin quandō.

Etymology 2

From older candano, from a substrate language, from Proto-Celtic *kando-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kand- (“to shine, glow”); compare Latin candeō (“glow”) and Ancient Greek κάνδαρος (kándaros, “charcoal”).^[1]

Cognate with Asturian cándanu.

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “cando”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cando”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cando”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cando”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cando”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Alternative forms

Noun

cando

1. nominative singular of canda (“moon”)

Etymology

From Latin quandō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkando/, [ˈkäɳ.ɖɔ]

Adverb

cando

1. (interrogative) when

Conjunction

cando

1. when

Verb

cando

1. first-person singular present indicative of candar