Where does “carretillero” come from?

carretillero (Spanish) comes from Spanish carretilla, from Spanish -illa, from Old Spanish -iella, from Latin -ella, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

carretillero (Spanish): forklift operator, forklift driver

Definitions

  1. forklift operator, forklift driver

Ancestry of “carretillero”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishcarretillawheelbarrow; forklift
2Spanish-illaAdded to feminine nouns to denote a diminutive...
3Old Spanish-iellaA diminutive suffix
4Latin-ellainflection of -ellus: ## nominative/vocative...
5Latin-ellusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine...
6Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
7Proto-Italic-olos
8Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
9Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
10Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lósEvery word from Latin -ulusEvery word from Spanish -illa