Where does “mérinos” come from?
mérinos (French) comes from Spanish merino, from Latin maiorinus, from Latin māior, from Latin magnus, from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂- — big, great; great; big, stour, great.
mérinos (French): merino
Ancestry of “mérinos”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | merino | merino; a count who had jurisdiction over a... |
| 2 | Latin | maiorinus | — |
| 3 | Latin | māior | — |
| 4 | Latin | magnus | large, big; great; important |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | meǵh₂- | big, great; great; big, stour, great |