Where does “escudero” come from?
escudero (Spanish) comes from Late Latin scutarius, from Latin scūtum, from Proto-Indo-European skei-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.
escudero (Spanish): esquire, squire; shield-bearer; shield-maker
Definitions
- esquire, squire; shield-bearer; shield-maker
Ancestry of “escudero”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | scutarius | shield-bearer; of a shield, belonging to a... |
| 2 | Latin | scūtum | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | skei- | to cut, to divide, to separate; to cut, split; to... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |
Words derived from “escudero”