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Where does “ronquil” come from?

ronquil (English) comes from Spanish Ronquillo, from Spanish -illo, from Old Spanish -iello, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

ronquil (English): A perciform marine fish of the family...

Definitions

  1. A perciform marine fish of the family...

Ancestry of “ronquil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishRonquillo—
2Spanish-illoAdded to masculine nouns to denote a diminutive...
3Old Spanish-ielloA diminutive suffix
4Latin-ellusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine...
5Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
6Proto-Italic-olos—
7Proto-Italic-elos—
8Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
9Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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