Where does “Cienfuegos” come from?

Cienfuegos (Spanish) comes from Spanish cien, from Spanish ciento, from Latin centum, from Latin folium, from Proto-Italic *foljom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰolh₃yom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-.

Ancestry of “Cienfuegos”, step by step

Cienfuegos traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish cien

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishcienApocopic form of ciento
2Spanishcientoone-hundred
3Latincentuma hundred; 100
4Latinfoliuma leaf; a petal; a sheet or leaf of paper
5Proto-Italic*foljom—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰolh₃yomleaf
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-bloom, flower
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

via Spanish [[fuego

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanish[[fuego—

via Spanish fuegos]]

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishfuegos]]—

Words derived from “Cienfuegos”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃- →