Where does “hacienda” come from?
hacienda (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish fazienda, from Latin facienda, from Latin faciendus, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr.
hacienda (Spanish): treasury; hacienda; livestock
Definitions
- treasury; hacienda; livestock
Ancestry of “hacienda”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Spanish | fazienda | deed, action, incident |
| 2 | Latin | facienda | nominative feminine singular of faciendus;... |
| 3 | Latin | faciendus | which is to be done or made |
| 4 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 5 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 6 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 7 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |