Where does “plateresque” come from?
plateresque (English) comes from Spanish plateresco, from Spanish platero, from Spanish -ero, from Latin -ārium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.
plateresque (English): Pertaining to an ornate style of architecture of...
Definitions
- Pertaining to an ornate style of architecture of...
Ancestry of “plateresque”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | plateresco | plateresque |
| 2 | Spanish | platero | silversmith; band-tailed sierra finch |
| 3 | Spanish | -ero | forms occupations and other agent nouns from... |
| 4 | Latin | -ārium | used primarily to form nouns of purpose from other nouns, such as places where things are kept or objects used for a particular end |
| 5 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |