Where does “carretilleiro” come from?

carretilleiro (Galician) comes from Galician carretilla, from Spanish carretilla, from Spanish -illa, from Old Spanish -iella, from Latin -ella, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

carretilleiro (Galician): forklift operator, forklift driver

Definitions

  1. forklift operator, forklift driver

Ancestry of “carretilleiro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galiciancarretillawheelbarrow; forklift
2Spanishcarretillawheelbarrow; forklift
3Spanish-illaAdded to feminine nouns to denote a diminutive...
4Old Spanish-iellaA diminutive suffix
5Latin-ellainflection of -ellus: ## nominative/vocative...
6Latin-ellusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine...
7Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
8Proto-Italic-olos
9Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
10Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
11Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lósEvery word from Latin -ulusEvery word from Spanish -illa