Where does “friegaplatos” come from?
friegaplatos (Spanish) comes from Spanish plâto, from French plateau, from French -eau, from Middle French -eau, from Old French -el, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
friegaplatos (Spanish): dishwasher; washer-upper
Definitions
- dishwasher; washer-upper
Ancestry of “friegaplatos”, step by step
friegaplatos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish plâto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | plâto | — |
| 2 | French | plateau | flat area; tray; plateau |
| 3 | French | -eau | forming diminutive masculine nouns, especially... |
| 4 | Middle French | -eau | forms diminutives |
| 5 | Old French | -el | Suffix that usually denotes a masculine noun |
| 6 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 7 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |