Where does “abrebotellas” come from?

abrebotellas (Spanish) comes from Galician abrir, from Old Portuguese abrir, from Latin aperiō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂epó — off, away.

abrebotellas (Spanish): bottle opener

Definitions

  1. bottle opener

Ancestry of “abrebotellas”, step by step

abrebotellas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Galician abrir

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianabrirto open; to clear up; to dawn
2Old Portugueseabrirto open
3Latinaperiōto uncover, make or lay bare, reveal, clear
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂epóoff, away

via Galician botella

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianbotellabottle
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂epó →Every word from Latin aperiō →Every word from Old Portuguese abrir →