Where does “filibustero” come from?
filibustero (Spanish) comes from French flibustier, from Dutch vrijbuiter, from Dutch -er, from Old Dutch -āri, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios.
filibustero (Spanish): pirate, plunderer, freebooter
Definitions
- pirate, plunderer, freebooter
Ancestry of “filibustero”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | flibustier | A filibuster, a pirate |
| 2 | Dutch | vrijbuiter | A freebooter, particularly a pirate |
| 3 | Dutch | -er | Forms agent nouns from verbs; Forms nouns for a... |
| 4 | Old Dutch | -āri | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 6 | Latin | -ārius | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | — |
Words derived from “filibustero”