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Where does “astillas” come from?

astillas (Spanish) comes from Latin astellas, from Latin astula, from Latin assula, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

astillas (Spanish): plural of astilla

Definitions

  1. plural of astilla

Ancestry of “astillas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinastellas—
2Latinastula—
3Latinassulasplinter, shaving, chip, shiver; shingle
4Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
5Proto-Italic-olos—
6Proto-Italic-elos—
7Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
8Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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