Where does “guerrilleiro” come from?

guerrilleiro (Galician) comes from Galician guerrilla, from Spanish guerrilla, 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.

guerrilleiro (Galician): guerrilla

Definitions

  1. guerrilla

Ancestry of “guerrilleiro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianguerrillaguerrilla
2Spanishguerrillaguerrilla; guerrilla war
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 -lós
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