Where does “criaturita” come from?
criaturita (Spanish) comes from Spanish criatura, from Latin creātūra, from Latin creō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.
criaturita (Spanish): Diminutive of criatura; little creature
Definitions
- Diminutive of criatura; little creature
Ancestry of “criaturita”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | criatura | creature living being, critter |
| 2 | Latin | creātūra | a created thing; creature |
| 3 | Latin | creō | to create, to give existence to, to form, to make, to produce, to originate out of other materials or out of nihility (transitively) |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |