Where does “canción de cuna” come from?

canción de cuna (Spanish) comes from Spanish canción, from Latin cantiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

canción de cuna (Spanish): lullaby, cradle song

Definitions

  1. lullaby, cradle song

Ancestry of “canción de cuna”, step by step

canción de cuna traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish canción

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishcanciónsong
2Latincantiōsong, singing, playing
3Latin-tiōtion, -ation, -ing
4Latindissertātiō(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
5Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
6Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
7Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
8Latincalceusshoe
9Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
10Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

via Spanish

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishof; 's; used after the thing owned and before the owner
2Old Spanishdeof; -'s
3Latinof; concerning; about
4Latinpostbehind; after, since, besides, except; behind,...
5Latinposteablative singular of postis
6Proto-Italicpostibehind, after
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpóstiafter
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpósafterwards, post; by, at

via Spanish cuña

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishcuñawedge; chock; quoin
2Old Spanishcuna
3Latincūnaa crib (for infant)
4Proto-Italickoinā
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱoy-no-hay; lair, cradle
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱey-to be lying down; to settle
Every word from Ancient Greek χάλιξ