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Where does “cuchilla” come from?

cuchilla (Spanish) comes from Spanish cuchillo, from Old Spanish cuchiello, from Latin cultellus, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

cuchilla (Spanish): knife; cleaver; blade of a sword

Definitions

  1. knife; cleaver; blade of a sword

Ancestry of “cuchilla”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishcuchilloknife; blade of knife
2Old Spanishcuchielloknife
3Latincultellussmall knife; dagger
4Latin-lusAlternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix
5Proto-Italic-elos—
6Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
7Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “cuchilla”

  • cuchillada
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