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Where does “comillas” come from?

comillas (Spanish) comes from Spanish comilla, from Spanish -illa, from Old Spanish -iella, from Latin -ella, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

comillas (Spanish): plural of comilla; quotation mark

Definitions

  1. plural of comilla; quotation mark

Ancestry of “comillas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishcomillaquotation mark
2Spanish-illaAdded to feminine nouns to denote a diminutive...
3Old Spanish-iellaA diminutive suffix
4Latin-ellainflection of -ellus: ## nominative/vocative...
5Latin-ellusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine...
6Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
7Proto-Italic-olos—
8Proto-Italic-elos—
9Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
10Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “comillas”

  • entrecomillar
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