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Where does “chubasco” come from?

chubasco (Spanish) comes from Galician chuvasco, from Galician chuvia, from Old Portuguese chuvia, from Latin pluvia, from Latin pluvius, from Latin pluit, from Proto-Italic plowō, from Proto-Indo-European pléweti.

chubasco (Spanish): downpour, squall

Definitions

  1. downpour, squall

Ancestry of “chubasco”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianchuvascodownpour; shower
2Galicianchuviarain
3Old Portuguesechuviarain
4Latinpluviarain; a shower; feminine nominative singular of...
5Latinpluviusrainy, bringing rain; The inner court of a...
6LatinpluitIt rains; it is raining
7Proto-Italicplowō—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpléweti—

Words derived from “chubasco”

  • chubasco
  • chavasco
  • chuvasco
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pléweti →