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Where does “caudillaje” come from?

caudillaje (Spanish) comes from Spanish caudillo, from Old Spanish cabdiello, from Latin capitellum, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

caudillaje (Spanish): The authority or power held by a caudillo

Definitions

  1. The authority or power held by a caudillo

Ancestry of “caudillaje”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishcaudillocaudillo
2Old Spanishcabdielloa military chief or leader
3Latincapitellumsmall head; capital or chapiter of a column
4Latin-ellusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine...
5Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
6Proto-Italic-olos—
7Proto-Italic-elos—
8Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
9Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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