Where does “apagafuegos” come from?

apagafuegos (Spanish) comes from Spanish apagar, from Vulgar Latin appacare, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

apagafuegos (Spanish): firefighter; fire extinguisher

Definitions

firefighter; fire extinguisher

Ancestry of “apagafuegos”, step by step

apagafuegos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish apagar

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Spanish	apagar	to extinguish, to douse
2	Vulgar Latin	appacare	present active infinitive of *appācō
3	Latin	ad-	to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
4	Latin	īn-	un-, non-, not
5	Latin	în	in, at, on, upon, from (space)
6	Latin	en	lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7	Proto-Italic	en	in
8	Proto-Indo-European	h₁én	in

via Spanish Fuego

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Spanish	Fuego	fire
2	Old Spanish	fuego	fire
3	Late Latin	focus	fire
4	Latin	focus	fireplace, hearth; firepan, coal pan, brazier;...

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