Where does “大アルマジロ” come from?

大アルマジロ (Japanese) comes from Japanese アルマジロ, from Spanish armadillo, from Spanish -illo, from Old Spanish -iello, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

大アルマジロ (Japanese): a giant armadillo (Priodontes maximus)

Definitions

  1. a giant armadillo (Priodontes maximus)

Ancestry of “大アルマジロ”, step by step

大アルマジロ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese アルマジロ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseアルマジロan armadillo
2Spanisharmadilloarmadillo
3Spanish-illoAdded to masculine nouns to denote a diminutive...
4Old Spanish-ielloA diminutive suffix
5Latin-ellusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine...
6Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
7Proto-Italic-olos
8Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
9Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
10Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

via Japanese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanesebig, large; the large part of; arch-
2Old Japanesebig, large; large
3Proto-Japonicəpəbig, large; many
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós