Where does “chisquero” come from?
chisquero (Spanish) comes from Spanish yesquero, from Spanish yesca, from Old Spanish yesca, from Latin ēsca, from Latin edō, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
chisquero (Spanish): lighter
Definitions
- lighter
Ancestry of “chisquero”, step by step
chisquero traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish yesquero
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | yesquero | tinderbox |
| 2 | Spanish | yesca | tinder |
| 3 | Old Spanish | yesca | — |
| 4 | Latin | ēsca | food |
| 5 | Latin | edō | to eat |
| 6 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via Spanish chispero
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | chispero | a citizen of Maravillas, a neighbourhood of Madrid now called Universidad, in the 19th and early 20th centuries |
| 2 | Spanish | -ero | forms occupations and other agent nouns from... |
| 3 | Latin | -ārium | used primarily to form nouns of purpose from other nouns, such as places where things are kept or objects used for a particular end |
| 4 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |