Where does “cuarentañero” come from?
cuarentañero (Spanish) comes from Spanish año, from Latin ānus, from Kabuverdianu anos, from Portuguese nós, from Old Portuguese enos, from Old Portuguese os, from Vulgar Latin *lōs, from Latin illōs — that.
cuarentañero (Spanish): forty-something, fortyish (years old)
Definitions
- forty-something, fortyish (years old)
Ancestry of “cuarentañero”, step by step
cuarentañero traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish año
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | año | year; age |
| 2 | Latin | ānus | a ring |
| 3 | Kabuverdianu | anos | we, first person plural |
| 4 | Portuguese | nós | we; us; "first-person plural objective personal... |
| 5 | Old Portuguese | enos | — |
| 6 | Old Portuguese | os | the |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | *lōs | — |
| 8 | Latin | illōs | — |
| 9 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 10 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |
via Spanish cuarenta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | cuarenta | forty |
| 2 | Old Spanish | quaraenta | — |
| 3 | Latin | quadrāgintā | forty; 40 |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwr̥̄ḱomt | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷétwr̥dḱomt | forty |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwr̥- | four, fourfold |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |