Where does “cuchillo” come from?

cuchillo (Spanish) comes 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.

cuchillo (Spanish): knife; blade of knife

Definitions

  1. knife; blade of knife

Ancestry of “cuchillo”, step by step

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

Words derived from “cuchillo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -lus →Every word from Latin cultellus →