Where does “espiñento” come from?
espiñento (Galician) comes from Galician -ento, from Old Portuguese -ento, from Latin -entus, from Latin cruentus, from Latin cruor, from Proto-Indo-European krewh₂- — blood outside the body.
espiñento (Galician): spiny, thorny
Definitions
- spiny, thorny
Ancestry of “espiñento”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galician | -ento | adjective-forming suffix meaning abounding in, full of; -y |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | -ento | — |
| 3 | Latin | -entus | adjective-forming suffix meaning abounding in,... |
| 4 | Latin | cruentus | bloody in its various senses, "particularly:" |
| 5 | Latin | cruor | blood, gore; murder, bloodshed |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | krewh₂- | blood outside the body |