Where does “quebracho” come from?
quebracho (Italian) comes from Spanish quebracho, from Spanish hacha, from French hache, from Middle French hache, from Old French hache, from Vulgar Latin *happia, from Frankish happja, from Proto-Germanic *hapjǭ — to dig; to strike, to beat.
Ancestry of “quebracho”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | quebracho | quebracho tree of South America |
| 2 | Spanish | hacha | axe, hatchet; ace, wizard; a kind of torch or... |
| 3 | French | hache | axe; inflection of hacher: ## first/third-person... |
| 4 | Middle French | hache | axe |
| 5 | Old French | hache | axe |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | *happia | — |
| 7 | Frankish | happja | axe, hatchet |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | *hapjǭ | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kop- | to dig; to strike, to beat |