Where does “ayuntamiento” come from?
ayuntamiento (English) comes from Spanish ayuntamiento, from Spanish ayuntar, from Old Spanish ayunto, from Latin adiunctus, from Latin adiungō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.
ayuntamiento (English): A corporation or body of magistrates in cities...
Definitions
- A corporation or body of magistrates in cities...
Ancestry of “ayuntamiento”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | ayuntamiento | city council, town council, council; city hall,... |
| 2 | Spanish | ayuntar | to join, to gather; to have sexual intercourse |
| 3 | Old Spanish | ayunto | — |
| 4 | Latin | adiunctus | added, joined or attached to something, having... |
| 5 | Latin | adiungō | — |
| 6 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 8 | Latin | în | — |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |