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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

Definitions

  1. fan; range

Ancestry of “abanico”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseabanofan; the act of waving
2Portugueseá-—
3Ancient Greekἀ-The alpha privativum, used to make words that...
4Proto-Hellenichə-same; together
5Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥-one; with, together
6Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one

Words derived from “abanico”

  • abanicazo
  • cobani
  • abanico
  • abaniko
  • abaniko
  • abaniko
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