Where does “arrastra” come from?
arrastra (English) comes from Spanish arrastre, from Spanish arrastrar, from Spanish rastrar, from Spanish rastro, from Latin rāstrum, from Latin -trum, from Proto-Italic -trom, from Proto-Indo-European -trom — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
arrastra (English): A device formerly used by gold-miners for...
Definitions
- A device formerly used by gold-miners for...
Ancestry of “arrastra”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | arrastre | trawling; drift |
| 2 | Spanish | arrastrar | to drag; to pull, to tow, to haul; to incite |
| 3 | Spanish | rastrar | to drag |
| 4 | Spanish | rastro | sign, trace, vestige, scent; trail, spoor; flea... |
| 5 | Latin | rāstrum | rake, hoe, mattock |
| 6 | Latin | -trum | forming instrument nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -trom | suffix forming instrument nouns from verbs |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |