Where does “claro” come from?

claro (Spanish) comes from Latin clārus, from Proto-Indo-European ḱelh₁- — to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot.

claro (Spanish): light, bright; clear; certainly, naturally, of...

Definitions

  1. light, bright; clear; certainly, naturally, of...

Ancestry of “claro”, step by step

claro traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin clārus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinclārusclear, bright
2Proto-Indo-Europeanḱelh₁-to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot

via Old Spanish claro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishclaro

Words derived from “claro

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱelh₁-Every word from Latin clārus