Where does “boliguayo” come from?

boliguayo (Spanish) comes from Spanish boliviano, from Spanish Bolivia, from Spanish Bolívar, from Basque Bolibar, from Basque bolu, from Latin molīnum, from Latin molīnus, from Latin mola — to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange.

boliguayo (Spanish): a poor South American immigrant to Argentina

Definitions

  1. a poor South American immigrant to Argentina

Ancestry of “boliguayo”, step by step

boliguayo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish boliviano

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishbolivianoBolivian
2SpanishBolivia
3SpanishBolívarSimón Bolívar (1783–1830), South American leader, the most famous person with this surname
4BasqueBolibar
5Basqueboluwindmill
6Latinmolīnuma mill
7Latinmolīnusmill
8Latinmolamillstone; mill; ground meal
9Proto-Indo-Europeanmelh₂-to grind, to crush
10Proto-Indo-Europeanmel-soft; tender; weak; to deceive; to rub
11Proto-Indo-Europeanmey-to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange

via Spanish paraguayo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishparaguayoParaguayan (from or native to Paraguay)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mey-Every word from Proto-Indo-European mel-Every word from Proto-Indo-European melh₂-
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