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Where does “ejido” come from?

ejido (English) comes from Mexican Spanish ejido, from Latin exītus, from Latin exeō, from Latin eō, from Proto-Italic eō, from Proto-Italic ejō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- — to go.

ejido (English): A Mexican cooperative farm

Definitions

  1. A Mexican cooperative farm

Ancestry of “ejido”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Mexican Spanishejidoa common; common land; a cooperative farm; an...
2Latinexītus—
3Latinexeō—
4Latineō—
5Proto-ItaliceōI go
6Proto-Italicejō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- →