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Where does “bolero” come from?

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

bolero (English): A lively Spanish dance in 3/4 time; also an...

Definitions

  1. A lively Spanish dance in 3/4 time; also an...

Ancestry of “bolero”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishbolerobolero
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 →