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Where does “cucharear” come from?

cucharear (Spanish) comes from Spanish cuchara, from Spanish cuchar, from Spanish cucho, from Latin cultus, from Latin colere, from Latin colo, from Latin quelo, from Proto-Italic kʷelō — to turn.

cucharear (Spanish): to spoon

Definitions

  1. to spoon

Ancestry of “cucharear”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishcucharaspoon; cunt
2Spanishcucharspoon; to dress with manure
3Spanishcucho
4Latincultustilled, cultivated, having been cultivated;...
5Latincoleresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
6LatincoloI till, cultivate the land; I inhabit; I protect,...
7Latinquelo—
8Proto-Italickʷelō—
9Proto-Indo-Europeankʷéleti—
10Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn
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