Where does “gato del desierto” come from?

gato del desierto (Spanish) comes from Spanish desierto, from Old Spanish desierto, from Latin dēsertum, from Latin dēsertus, from Latin dēserō, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē, from Latin post — afterwards, post; by, at.

gato del desierto (Spanish): sand cat

Definitions

  1. sand cat

Ancestry of “gato del desierto”, step by step

gato del desierto traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish desierto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishdesiertodesert; empty; uninhabited
2Old Spanishdesiertodesert
3Latindēsertuma desert, wasteland
4Latindēsertusdeserted, abandoned, forsaken; having been deserted, etc
5Latindēserōto leave, depart, desert, quit
6Latindē-of; from
7Latinof; concerning; about
8Latinpostbehind; after, since, besides, except; behind,...
9Latinposteablative singular of postis
10Proto-Italicpostibehind, after
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpóstiafter
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpósafterwards, post; by, at

via Spanish gato

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishgatocat; tomcat, gib; servant
2FrenchgâteauA sponge cake, i.e. a cake made with a chemical...
3Middle Frenchgasteau
4Old Frenchgastelround cake, loaf of bread, wastel; roundel,...
5Frankishwastil
6Proto-Germanicwastilaz
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwes-to dress, clothe

via Spanish dél

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishdélof him, from him
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pós
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