Where does “Saavedra” come from?

Saavedra (Spanish) comes from Galician Saavedra, from Latin vetera, from Latin vetus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

Ancestry of “Saavedra”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GalicianSaavedra
2Latinveterathe old; old times, ancient times, antiquity
3Latinvetusold, aged, elderly, ancient; long-standing;...
4Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Italic-tus
6Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “Saavedra

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tusEvery word from Latin -tusEvery word from Latin vetus