Where does “mucho” come from?
Mucho comes from Old Spanish mucho, from Latin multus meaning "much" or "many," traced through Proto-Indo-European ml̥tos and ml̥tós to the root mel-.
mucho (English): much; a great deal of
Definitions
- much; a great deal of
Ancestry of “mucho”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | mucho | a lot of; many; much; much, a lot; long, a long... |
| 2 | Old Spanish | mucho | much |
| 3 | Latin | multus | much; many |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | moltos | much, many |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ml̥tós | crumbled, crumpled |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | mel- | soft; tender; weak; to deceive; to rub |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mey- | to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange |