Where does “concello” come from?
concello (Spanish) comes from Galician concello, from Old Portuguese concello, from Latin concilium, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
concello (Spanish): Small administrative division in Galicia
Definitions
- Small administrative division in Galicia
Ancestry of “concello”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Galician | concello | Small administrative division in Galicia |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | concello | — |
| 3 | Latin | concilium | a council; a meeting |
| 4 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 5 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |