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Where does “criada” come from?

criada (Spanish) comes from Spanish criar, from Latin creō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.

criada (Spanish): servant, maidservant

Definitions

  1. servant, maidservant

Ancestry of “criada”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishcriarto rear or raise; to grow up
2Latincreō—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱer-to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥-to turn, to bend
5Proto-Indo-Europeanker-army
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