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Where does “gallopinto” come from?

gallopinto (Spanish) comes from Spanish pinto, from Vulgar Latin pinctus, from Latin Pictus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

gallopinto (Spanish): A food made of rice and beans mixed together, and...

Definitions

  1. A food made of rice and beans mixed together, and...

Ancestry of “gallopinto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishpintospotted, pinto, mottled, blotchy; clever,...
2Vulgar Latinpinctus—
3LatinPictus—
4Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Italic-tus—
6Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →