Where does “vaquero” come from?

vaquero (English) comes from Spanish vaquero, from Spanish vaca, from Latin vacca, from Proto-Indo-European wokeh₂-.

vaquero (English): A cowboy; a herdsman

Definitions

  1. A cowboy; a herdsman

Ancestry of “vaquero”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishvaquerocowboy; jeans; A kind of bird
2Spanishvacacow; beef; leather
3Latinvaccacow
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwokeh₂-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wokeh₂- →Every word from Latin vacca →Every word from Spanish vaca →