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Where does “balsero” come from?

balsero (English) comes from Spanish balsero, from Spanish -ero, from Latin -ārium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.

balsero (English): A refugee who travels from Cuba to America by sea

Definitions

  1. A refugee who travels from Cuba to America by sea

Ancestry of “balsero”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishbalserobalsero
2Spanish-eroforms occupations and other agent nouns from...
3Latin-ārium—
4Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
5Proto-Italic*-om—
6Proto-Indo-European*-oHom—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom →