Where does “cordillerano” come from?

cordillerano (Spanish) comes from Spanish cordillera, from Old Spanish cordilla, from Old Spanish cuerda — a rope, string.

cordillerano (Spanish): from a mountain range

Definitions

  1. from a mountain range

Ancestry of “cordillerano”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishcordilleramountain range, cordillera
2Old Spanishcordilla—
3Old Spanishcuerdaa rope, string
Every word from Old Spanish cuerda →Every word from Old Spanish cordilla →Every word from Spanish cordillera →