Where does “espabilado” come from?
espabilado (Spanish) comes from Spanish espabilar, from Spanish pabilo, from Old Spanish pavilo, from Vulgar Latin *papīlum, from Latin papȳrus, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é.
espabilado (Spanish): streetwise, street-smart, savvy, clever
Definitions
- streetwise, street-smart, savvy, clever
Ancestry of “espabilado”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | espabilar | to snuff a candle; to brighten up, to enliven, to... |
| 2 | Spanish | pabilo | candlewick |
| 3 | Old Spanish | pavilo | candlewick |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | *papīlum | — |
| 5 | Latin | papȳrus | papyrus plant |
| 6 | French | -ine | feminine singular of -in; female equivalent of... |
| 7 | French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular -er... |
| 8 | Middle French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n |
| 9 | Old French | -é | used to form past participles of regular -er... |
| 10 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |