Where does “vaqueiro” come from?

vaqueiro (Portuguese) comes from Latin vaccārius, from Latin vacca, from Proto-Indo-European wokeh₂-.

vaqueiro (Portuguese): cowhand person who tends cattle

Definitions

  1. cowhand person who tends cattle

Ancestry of “vaqueiro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvaccāriusof or pertaining to a cow
2Latinvaccacow
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwokeh₂-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wokeh₂- →Every word from Latin vacca →Every word from Latin vaccārius →