Where does “cria” come from?
cria (English) comes from Spanish cría, from Spanish criar, from Latin creō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.
cria (English): A young South American camelid
Definitions
- A young South American camelid
Ancestry of “cria”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | cría | kid; kid, pup, cria; litter |
| 2 | Spanish | criar | to rear or raise; to grow up |
| 3 | Latin | creō | to create, to give existence to, to form, to make, to produce, to originate out of other materials or out of nihility (transitively) |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |