Where does “cabildero” come from?

cabildero (Spanish) comes from Spanish cabildo, from Latin capitulum, 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.

cabildero (Spanish): lobbyist

Definitions

  1. lobbyist

Ancestry of “cabildero”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishcabildoBody of churchmen that forms the chapter of a...
2LatincapitulumA head-like object or structure; A chapter,...
3Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
4Proto-Italic-olos
5Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
6Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
7Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lósEvery word from Latin -ulusEvery word from Latin capitulum
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