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Where does “montero” come from?

montero (English) comes from Spanish montero, from Spanish -ero, from Latin -ārium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.

montero (English): A round Spanish cap, with flaps at the back or...

Definitions

  1. A round Spanish cap, with flaps at the back or...

Ancestry of “montero”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishmonterohunter; beater
2Spanish-eroforms occupations and other agent nouns from...
3Latin-ārium—
4Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
5Proto-Italic*-om—
6Proto-Indo-European*-oHom—
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