Where does “bocachancla” come from?
bocachancla (Spanish) comes from Spanish chancla, from Spanish chanca, from Late Latin zanca, from Late Latin zancha — a kind of soft Parthian shoe.
bocachancla (Spanish): big mouth, chatterbox
Ancestry of “bocachancla”, step by step
bocachancla traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish chancla
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Spanish | chancla | slipper; flip-flop; old shoe |
| 2 | Spanish | chanca | grinding; crushing |
| 3 | Late Latin | zanca | a kind of soft Parthian shoe; Alternative... |
| 4 | Late Latin | zancha | a kind of soft Parthian shoe |
via Spanish boca
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Spanish | boca | mouth, oral cavity; entrance, opening; estuary |
| 2 | Old Spanish | boca | mouth |
| 3 | Latin | bucca | the lower part of the cheek; the mouth; c. 27 CE... |