Where does “Ésquilo” come from?

Ésquilo (Portuguese) comes from Vulgar Latin scuriolus, from Latin scūrius, from Latin sciūrus, from Ancient Greek σκίουρος, from Ancient Greek σκιά, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₃ih₂, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₃- — darkness, shadow.

Ésquilo (Portuguese): squirrel any of the rodents of the family

Definitions

  1. squirrel any of the rodents of the family

Ancestry of “Ésquilo”, step by step

Ésquilo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vulgar Latin scuriolus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinscuriolus—
2Latinscūrius—
3Latinsciūrussquirrel
4Ancient Greekσκίουροςsquirrel
5Ancient Greekσκιάshadow; shade
6Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱeh₃ih₂shadow, shade
7Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱeh₃-darkness, shadow

via Latin Aeschylus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinAeschylusAeschylus, the Greek tragedian
2Ancient GreekΑἰσχύλοςAeschylus, a tragic playwright
3Ancient Greekἰσχύςstrength, power, might

Words derived from “Ésquilo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₃- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₃ih₂ →Every word from Ancient Greek σκιά →