Where does “mendigo” come from?
mendigo (English) comes from Spanish mendigo, from Old Spanish mendigo, from Latin mendicus, from Latin -icus, from Ancient Greek -ικός, from Ancient Greek -κός, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.
mendigo (English): A beggar
Definitions
- A beggar
Ancestry of “mendigo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | mendigo | beggar |
| 2 | Old Spanish | mendigo | — |
| 3 | Latin | mendicus | beggarly, needy, indigent |
| 4 | Latin | -icus | belonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ικός | of or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -κός | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |