Where does “tamalito” come from?

tamalito (English) comes from Spanish tamalito, from Spanish -ito, from Latin -ittus, from Proto-Italic -tos, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

tamalito (English): A small tamale

Definitions

  1. A small tamale

Ancestry of “tamalito”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishtamalitoduckanoo
2Spanish-itoForms diminutives of nouns; Forms names of...
3Latin-ittusdiminutive suffix, used to create nouns
4Proto-Italic-tosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tós →Every word from Spanish -ito →Every word from Latin -ittus →