Where does “cuchar” come from?
cuchar (Spanish) comes from Spanish cucho, from Latin cultus, from Latin colere, from Latin colo, from Latin quelo, from Proto-Italic kʷelō, from Proto-Indo-European kʷéleti, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.
cuchar (Spanish): spoon; to dress with manure
Definitions
- spoon; to dress with manure
Ancestry of “cuchar”, step by step
cuchar traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish cucho
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | cucho | Sound used to call a cat |
| 2 | Latin | cultus | tilled, cultivated, having been cultivated;... |
| 3 | Latin | colere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 4 | Latin | colo | I till, cultivate the land; I inhabit; I protect,... |
| 5 | Latin | quelo | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |
via Latin cochleār
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | cochleār | a spoon |
| 2 | Latin | cochlea | snail; snail shell; spiral |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | κοχλίας | snail with a spiral-shell; spiral; spiral, snail... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | κόχλος | shellfish with a spiral shell, used for dyeing... |
via Latin cochleāre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | cochleāre | — |