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Where does “buche” come from?

buche (Spanish) comes from Latin buccula, 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.

buche (Spanish): crop; belly; mouthful

Definitions

  1. crop; belly; mouthful

Ancestry of “buche”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinbucculalittle cheek or mouth; the beaver, part of a...
2Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
3Proto-Italic-olos—
4Proto-Italic-elos—
5Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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