Where does “chapuza” come from?

chapuza (Spanish) comes from Spanish chapuzar, from Vulgar Latin *subputeāre, from Latin sub, from Proto-Italic supo, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.

chapuza (Spanish): work, especially maintenance and involving manual labor, of little importance; odd job; jury-rigged

Definitions

  1. work, especially maintenance and involving manual labor, of little importance; odd job; jury-rigged

Ancestry of “chapuza”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishchapuzarto dive in head first
2Vulgar Latin*subputeāre—
3Latinsubunder, beneath; behind; at the feet of
4Proto-Italicsupounder
5Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—

Words derived from “chapuza”

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