Where does “chamiso” come from?
chamiso (English) comes from Spanish chamizo, from Galician chamizo, from Galician chama, from Old Portuguese chama, from Latin flamma, from Latin flāgrāre, from Latin frāgrō, from Proto-Italic frāgrāō — to smell.
chamiso (English): An evergreen shrub, Atriplex canescens, found in...
Definitions
- An evergreen shrub, Atriplex canescens, found in...
Ancestry of “chamiso”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | chamizo | shack, hut |
| 2 | Galician | chamizo | dry or partially burnt twig used as firewood;... |
| 3 | Galician | chama | flame; third-person singular present indicative... |
| 4 | Old Portuguese | chama | — |
| 5 | Latin | flamma | flame, fire |
| 6 | Latin | flāgrāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | frāgrō | to emit a smell of, to smell of, to be redolent of, to reek of |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | frāgrāō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂gro- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂g- | to smell |