Where does “ciberacoso” come from?
ciberacoso (Spanish) comes from Spanish acoso, from Spanish acosar, from Spanish coso, from Latin cursus, from Latin currō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.
ciberacoso (Spanish): cyberbullying
Ancestry of “ciberacoso”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Spanish | acoso | harassment, bullying |
| 2 | Spanish | acosar | to pursue, harass; to bully; to beset, to... |
| 3 | Spanish | coso | thingy, thingo, thingamabob; thing; Alternative... |
| 4 | Latin | cursus | The act of running; race; Course, way, passage,... |
| 5 | Latin | currō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |