Where does “cienega” come from?

cienega (English) comes from Spanish ciénega, from Vulgar Latin caenica, from Latin caenum, from Proto-Indo-European ḱweyn- — to make dirty, soil; filth; mud; to soil; mud;...

cienega (English): A marshy spring where groundwater bubbles to the...

Definitions

  1. A marshy spring where groundwater bubbles to the...

Ancestry of “cienega”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishciénegamarsh, swamp
2Vulgar Latincaenica—
3Latincaenumdirt, filth, mud, mire
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱweyn-to make dirty, soil; filth; mud; to soil; mud;...

Words derived from “cienega”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱweyn- →Every word from Latin caenum →Every word from Vulgar Latin caenica →