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Where does “Zapatero” come from?

Zapatero (Spanish) comes from Spanish zapatero, from Spanish -ero, from Latin -ārium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.

Ancestry of “Zapatero”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishzapaterotough; undercooked; shoemaker; cobbler; shoe...
2Spanish-eroforms occupations and other agent nouns from...
3Latin-ārium—
4Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
5Proto-Italic*-om—
6Proto-Indo-European*-oHom—
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