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Where does “cuneta” come from?

cuneta (Spanish) comes from Italian cunetta, from Latin lacūna, from Latin lacus, from New Latin lacrimalis, from Latin lācrima, from Old Latin dacrima, from Proto-Italic *d(r)(k)akrunā, from Proto-Indo-European dáḱru- — eye bitter.

cuneta (Spanish): roadside ditch; ditch; gutter

Definitions

  1. roadside ditch; ditch; gutter

Ancestry of “cuneta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancunettadip; gutter, ditch
2Latinlacūna—
3Latinlacusa lake, pond, basin; reservoir; a tank, tub, vat,...
4New Latinlacrimalis—
5Latinlācrima—
6Old Latindacrimatear
7Proto-Italic*d(r)(k)akrunā—
8Proto-Indo-Europeandáḱru-tears; tear
9Proto-Indo-Europeandr̥ḱ-h₂eḱru-eye bitter
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dr̥ḱ-h₂eḱru- →