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Where does “cabdiello” come from?

cabdiello (Old Spanish) comes from Latin capitellum, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

cabdiello (Old Spanish): a military chief or leader

Definitions

  1. a military chief or leader

Ancestry of “cabdiello”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincapitellumsmall head; capital or chapiter of a column
2Latin-ellusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine...
3Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
4Proto-Italic-olos—
5Proto-Italic-elos—
6Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
7Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “cabdiello”

  • caudillo
  • caudillismo
  • caudilloship
  • acaudillar
  • caudillo
  • caudillaje
  • caudillismo
  • caudillazgo
  • caudillo
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