Where does “chinglés” come from?
chinglés (Spanish) comes from Spanish chino, from Spanish enchinar, from Spanish en-, from Old Spanish en-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
chinglés (Spanish): Chinglish
Definitions
- Chinglish
Ancestry of “chinglés”, step by step
chinglés traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish chino
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | chino | Chinese; Chinese person; boy, servant |
| 2 | Spanish | enchinar | to pave; to curl; to get goosebumps |
| 3 | Spanish | en- | en- all meanings |
| 4 | Old Spanish | en- | — |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Spanish inglés
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | inglés | English; Englishman; The English language |
| 2 | Old French | angleis | — |
| 3 | Old English | Englisċ | of the Angles; of the Angles; English |
| 4 | Old English | -isċ | -ish |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -isk | Creates adjectives from nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -iskaz | Forms adjectives from nouns with the sense of... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -iskos | Characteristic of, typical of, pertaining to |