Where does “quebrachine” come from?
quebrachine (English) comes from English quebracho, from Spanish quebracho, from Spanish hacha, from French hache, from Middle French hache, from Old French hache, from Vulgar Latin *happia, from Frankish happja — to dig; to strike, to beat.
quebrachine (English): An alkaloid, probably identical to yohimbine,...
Definitions
- An alkaloid, probably identical to yohimbine,...
Ancestry of “quebrachine”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | quebracho | Any of several trees of southern South America... |
| 2 | Spanish | quebracho | quebracho tree of South America |
| 3 | Spanish | hacha | axe, hatchet; ace, wizard; a kind of torch or... |
| 4 | French | hache | axe; inflection of hacher: ## first/third-person... |
| 5 | Middle French | hache | axe |
| 6 | Old French | hache | axe |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | *happia | — |
| 8 | Frankish | happja | axe, hatchet |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | *hapjǭ | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kop- | to dig; to strike, to beat |