Where does “báratro” come from?

báratro (Spanish) comes from Latin barathrum, from Ancient Greek βάραθρον, from Proto-Indo-European gʷerh₃- — to swallow, devour, eat.

báratro (Spanish): hell

Definitions

  1. hell

Ancestry of “báratro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinbarathrumchasm, pit; abyss, the lower world, hell; maw,...
2Ancient Greekβάραθρονgulf, cleft, pit; ruin, perdition; glutton,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʷerh₃-to swallow, devour, eat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷerh₃- →Every word from Ancient Greek βάραθρον →Every word from Latin barathrum →