Where does “empanadita” come from?
empanadita (Spanish) comes from Spanish empanada, from Spanish empañar, from Spanish en-, from Old Spanish en-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
Ancestry of “empanadita”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | empanada | empanada; fraud; feminine singular of empanado |
| 2 | Spanish | empañar | to put a nappy/diaper on; to steam up; to fog up,... |
| 3 | Spanish | en- | en- all meanings |
| 4 | Old Spanish | en- | — |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |