Where does “garcilla” come from?

garcilla (Spanish) comes from Spanish garza, from Undetermined cárcia.

garcilla (Spanish): any of a number of species of heron or egret

Definitions

  1. any of a number of species of heron or egret

Ancestry of “garcilla”, step by step

garcilla traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish garza

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishgarzaheron
2Undeterminedcárcia—

via Asturian garciella

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Asturiangarciella—
Every word from Undetermined cárcia →Every word from Spanish garza →