Where does “carcelero” come from?

carcelero (Old Spanish) comes from Latin carcerārius, from Latin carcer, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.

carcelero (Old Spanish): jailkeeper, prison warden

Definitions

  1. jailkeeper, prison warden

Ancestry of “carcelero”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincarcerārius—
2Latincarcerprison, jail; jailbird; traps
3Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth

Words derived from “carcelero”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- →Every word from Latin carcer →Every word from Latin carcerārius →