Where does “culicagado” come from?

culicagado (Spanish) comes from Spanish culo, from Old Spanish culo, from Latin cūlus, from Proto-Celtic kūlos, from Proto-Indo-European ḱuH-ló-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewH- — to cover, bedeck; cover.

culicagado (Spanish): a young child

Definitions

  1. a young child

Ancestry of “culicagado”, step by step

culicagado traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish culo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishculoass, arse, booty, rear, behind, butt, buttocks;...
2Old Spanishculoarse
3Latincūlusthe arse, ass
4Proto-Celtickūloscorner
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱuH-ló-—
6Proto-Indo-European(s)kewH-to cover, bedeck; cover

via Spanish cagado

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishcagadocowardly
2Spanishcagarto shit; to tell someone off, exclamation of...
3Old Spanishcagar—
4Latincacāre—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewH- →