Where does “chamizo” come from?
chamizo (Spanish) comes from Galician chamizo, from Galician chama, from Old Portuguese chama, from Latin flamma, from Latin flāgrāre, from Latin frāgrō, from Proto-Italic frāgrāō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂gro- — to smell.
chamizo (Spanish): shack, hut
Definitions
- shack, hut
Ancestry of “chamizo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galician | chamizo | dry or partially burnt twig used as firewood;... |
| 2 | Galician | chama | flame; third-person singular present indicative... |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | chama | — |
| 4 | Latin | flamma | flame, fire |
| 5 | Latin | flāgrāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | frāgrō | to emit a smell of, to smell of, to be redolent of, to reek of |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | frāgrāō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂gro- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂g- | to smell |