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
- downpour, squall
Ancestry of “chubasco”, step by step
chubasco traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Galician chuvasco
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galician | chuvasco | downpour; shower |
| 2 | Galician | chuvia | rain |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | chuvia | rain |
| 4 | Latin | pluvia | rain; a shower; feminine nominative singular of... |
| 5 | Latin | pluvius | rainy, bringing rain; The inner court of a... |
| 6 | Latin | pluit | It rains; it is raining |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | plowō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pléweti | — |
via Portuguese chuva
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | chuva | rain |