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Where does “alevosía” come from?

alevosía (Spanish) comes from Spanish alevoso, from Spanish -oso, from Old Spanish -oso, from Latin -osus, from Old Latin -osos, from Latin ont-to-s, from Latin -o-wont-to-s.

alevosía (Spanish): treachery

Definitions

  1. treachery

Ancestry of “alevosía”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishalevosotreacherous; traitor
2Spanish-oso-ous, -ful, -y
3Old Spanish-oso—
4Latin-osus-ose, -ous; full of, overly, prone to
5Old Latin-ososaccusative masculine plural of -ōsus
6Latinont-to-s—
7Latin-o-wont-to-s—
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