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Where does “guincho” come from?

guincho (Spanish) comes from Spanish pincho, from Spanish pinchar, from Spanish punchar, from Spanish punzar, from Vulgar Latin puntiare, from Latin punctiāre, from Latin punctus, from Latin -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

guincho (Spanish): osprey

Definitions

  1. osprey

Ancestry of “guincho”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishpinchoskewer; a shank; a shag
2Spanishpincharto puncture, prick, pierce; to poke; to sting
3Spanishpuncharto pierce; to punch
4Spanishpunzarto perforate, punch; to sting, twinge
5Vulgar Latinpuntiare—
6Latinpunctiāre—
7Latinpunctuspricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;...
8Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
9Proto-Italic-tus—
10Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →