Where does “loco” come from?
Loco comes from Spanish loco, from Andalusian Arabic لَوَق, from Arabic لاق, from Arabic ي, from Proto-Semitic ʿayn-, from Proto-Afroasiatic ʿayVn-.
loco (English): A direction in written or printed music to be...
Definitions
- A direction in written or printed music to be...
Ancestry of “loco”, step by step
loco traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish loco
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | loco | crazy, insane, mad, nuts; rash, risky, imprudent;... |
| 2 | Old Spanish | loco | crazy, mad, insane |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | γλαυκός | gleaming, bright; blue-green or blue-gray; light... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Χᾰ́ρῐς | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | χαίρω | To be full of cheer, i.e. calmly happy or well... |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | kʰəřřō | to rejoice |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |