Where does “desminador” come from?
desminador (Spanish) comes from Spanish desminar, from Spanish mina, from French mine, from Breton min, from Italian mina, from Latin mina, from Gaulish mēnā, from Proto-Celtic *meinis — to cut, hew.
desminador (Spanish): deminer
Definitions
- deminer
Ancestry of “desminador”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | desminar | to demine |
| 2 | Spanish | mina | mine; lead; woman |
| 3 | French | mine | mine; pencil lead; piledriver, scorcher |
| 4 | Breton | min | face of an animal; beak, muzzle |
| 5 | Italian | mina | mine, land mine; lead in pencils; mine which... |
| 6 | Latin | mina | A Greek weight equal to 100 drachmas; A Greek... |
| 7 | Gaulish | mēnā | ore, mine |
| 8 | Proto-Celtic | *meinis | ore, metal |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | mēy(H)nis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)mēy(H)- | to cut, hew |