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Where does “cacicazgo” come from?

cacicazgo (Spanish) comes from Spanish -azgo, from Spanish -adgo, from Latin -aticus, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos.

cacicazgo (Spanish): chieftainship

Definitions

  1. chieftainship

Ancestry of “cacicazgo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanish-azgoForms the office of the base word; Forms the...
2Spanish-adgoArchaic form of -azgo
3Latin-aticusUsed to form adjectives indicating a relation to...
4Latin-ātus—
5Proto-Italic-ātos—
6Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tos—
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