Where does “enanito” come from?

enanito (Spanish) comes from Spanish -ito, from Latin -ittus, from Proto-Italic -tos, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

enanito (Spanish): little dwarf

Definitions

  1. little dwarf

Ancestry of “enanito”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanish-itoForms diminutives of nouns; Forms names of...
2Latin-ittusdiminutive suffix, used to create nouns
3Proto-Italic-tosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
4Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tós →Every word from Spanish -ito →Every word from Latin -ittus →