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Where does “gordiflón” come from?

gordiflón (Spanish) comes from Spanish gordo, from Old Spanish gordo, from Latin gurdus, from Proto-Italic gʷord-o-, from Proto-Indo-European gʷr̥dus.

gordiflón (Spanish): fatso

Definitions

  1. fatso

Ancestry of “gordiflón”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishgordofat; coarse; fat man
2Old Spanishgordo—
3Latingurdusa dolt, jolterhead, numbskull, blockhead,...
4Proto-Italicgʷord-o-stubborn, heavy
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʷr̥dus—
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