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Where does “abracejo” come from?

abracejo (Spanish) comes from Spanish abrazo, from Spanish abrazar, from Spanish abracar, from Vulgar Latin adbracchiare, from Latin bracchium, from Ancient Greek βραχίων, from Ancient Greek βραχύς, from Proto-Indo-European mréǵʰus — short.

abracejo (Spanish): light and/or unaffectionate hug

Definitions

  1. light and/or unaffectionate hug

Ancestry of “abracejo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishabrazohug, embrace
2Spanishabrazarto hug, to embrace; to embrace; to adopt; to hug,...
3Spanishabracarto hug, to embrace
4Vulgar Latinadbracchiare—
5Latinbracchiumforearm; arm; limb of an animal
6Ancient Greekβραχίωνthe arm, the shoulder; comparative degree of...
7Ancient Greekβραχύςshort, brief; short, small, little; few
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmréǵʰusshort; brief
9Proto-Indo-Europeanmreǵʰ-short
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