Where does “barreiro” come from?
barreiro (Galician) comes from Galician -eiro, from Galician esca, from Latin scāla, from Latin scandere, from Latin scandō, from Proto-Indo-European sḱend-.
barreiro (Galician): slough; clay pit; cliff, drop, ravine
Definitions
- slough; clay pit; cliff, drop, ravine
Ancestry of “barreiro”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Galician | -eiro | -er; -eer; forms nouns, from nouns denoting a... |
| 2 | Galician | esca | tinder; bait |
| 3 | Latin | scāla | — |
| 4 | Latin | scandere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 5 | Latin | scandō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱend- | — |