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Where does “aletazo” come from?

aletazo (Spanish) comes from Spanish aleta, from Spanish Alá, from Old Spanish ala, from Old Spanish a, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle.

aletazo (Spanish): A hit with a fin or wing

Definitions

  1. A hit with a fin or wing

Ancestry of “aletazo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishaletafin; flipper; the leaf of a hinge
2SpanishAlá—
3Old Spanishalawing
4Old Spanishato, toward, in, at
5LatinAd—
6Latinilliche, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that...
7Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
8LatinolleArchaic form of ille
9Proto-Italic*olnos—
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