Where does “caudillism” come from?
caudillism (Romanian) comes from Romanian caudillo, from Spanish caudillo, from Old Spanish cabdiello, from Latin capitellum, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
caudillism (Romanian): caudilloism
Definitions
- caudilloism
Ancestry of “caudillism”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | caudillo | caudillo |
| 2 | Spanish | caudillo | military leader, caudillo |
| 3 | Old Spanish | cabdiello | a military chief or leader |
| 4 | Latin | capitellum | small head; capital or chapiter of a column |
| 5 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 6 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |