Where does “atornillar” come from?
atornillar (Spanish) comes from Spanish tornillo, from Spanish -illo, from Old Spanish -iello, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
atornillar (Spanish): to screw
Definitions
- to screw
Ancestry of “atornillar”, step by step
atornillar traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish tornillo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | tornillo | screw |
| 2 | Spanish | -illo | Added to masculine nouns to denote a diminutive... |
| 3 | Old Spanish | -iello | A diminutive suffix |
| 4 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 5 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via Spanish A
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | A | bishop |
| 2 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 3 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 4 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 5 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |
via Spanish ar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | ar | — |