Where does “chivito” come from?

chivito (Spanish) comes from Spanish -ito, from Latin -ittus, from Proto-Italic -tos, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

chivito (Spanish): Diminutive of chivo; chivito, a Uruguayan...

Definitions

  1. Diminutive of chivo; chivito, a Uruguayan...

Ancestry of “chivito”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanish-itoForms diminutives of nouns; Forms names of...
2Latin-ittusdiminutive suffix, used to create nouns
3Proto-Italic-tosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
4Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “chivito

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tósEvery word from Spanish -itoEvery word from Latin -ittus
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