Where does “ácero” come from?

ácero (Spanish) comes from Late Latin aciarium, from Latin aciēs, from Latin aceō, from Proto-Italic akēō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱ-éh₁-ye-ti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱ- — sharp.

ácero (Spanish): hornless (for vertebrates), antennaless (for arthropods)

Definitions

  1. hornless (for vertebrates), antennaless (for arthropods)

Ancestry of “ácero”, step by step

ácero traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Late Latin aciarium

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinaciariumsteel
2Latinaciēssharp edge or point
3Latinaceōto be sour
4Proto-Italicakēōbe sharp-tasting, be sour
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eḱ-éh₁-ye-ti—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eḱ-sharp

via Italian azero

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianazeroAzerbaijani; Azeri, Azerbaijani; the Azeri or...

Words derived from “ácero”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱ-éh₁-ye-ti →Every word from Proto-Italic akēō →