Where does “abanico” come from?
abanico (Spanish) comes from Portuguese abano, from Portuguese á-, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.
abanico (Spanish): fan; range
Ancestry of “abanico”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Portuguese | abano | fan; the act of waving |
| 2 | Portuguese | á- | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 4 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |
Words derived from “abanico”