Where does “Benque Viejo del Carmen” come from?

Benque Viejo del Carmen (Spanish) comes from Spanish viejo, from Late Latin veclus, from Latin vetulus, 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.

Ancestry of “Benque Viejo del Carmen”, step by step

Benque Viejo del Carmen traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish viejo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishviejoan old person; old man; a certain guy or man,...
2Late Latinveclus
3Latinvetulusold; little old, poor old; old man; little old...
4Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
5Proto-Italic-olos
6Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
7Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
8Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

via Spanish carmen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishcarmenA type of house in Granada
2Latincarmensong, tune
3Proto-Indo-Europeankan-to sing; hemp

via Spanish benque

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishbenqueriverbank
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lósEvery word from Latin -ulusEvery word from Latin vetulus