Where does “caudillismo” come from?
caudillismo (English) comes from Spanish caudillismo, from Spanish caudillo, from Old Spanish cabdiello, from Latin capitellum, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
caudillismo (English): The type of government ruled by a caudillo
Definitions
- The type of government ruled by a caudillo
Ancestry of “caudillismo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | caudillismo | caudillismo |
| 2 | Spanish | caudillo | caudillo |
| 3 | Old Spanish | cabdiello | a military chief or leader |
| 4 | Latin | capitellum | small head; capital or chapiter of a column |
| 5 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 6 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |