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Where does “empanada” come from?

empanada (Spanish) comes from Spanish empañar, from Spanish en-, from Old Spanish en-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

empanada (Spanish): empanada; fraud; feminine singular of empanado

Definitions

  1. empanada; fraud; feminine singular of empanado

Ancestry of “empanada”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishempañarto put a nappy/diaper on; to steam up; to fog up,...
2Spanishen-en-
3Old Spanishen-—
4Latinīn-—
5Latinîn—
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “empanada”

  • empanada
  • empanadilla
  • empanadilla
  • empanadero
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →