Where does “Lunfardo” come from?
Lunfardo (English) comes from Spanish lunfardo, from Spanish lombardo, from Late Latin langobardus, from Proto-Germanic *langabardaz, from Proto-Germanic langaz, from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos — long.
Lunfardo (English): A Spanish argot that developed at the end of the nineteenth century among the lower classes in and around Buenos Aires and Montevideo
Definitions
- A Spanish argot that developed at the end of the nineteenth century among the lower classes in and around Buenos Aires and Montevideo
Ancestry of “Lunfardo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | lunfardo | Lunfardo |
| 2 | Spanish | lombardo | Lombard |
| 3 | Late Latin | langobardus | a Lombard |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *langabardaz | Lombard, of or pertaining to the Lombards, Lombardic |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | langaz | long |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dlongʰos | long |