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Where does “hendido” come from?

hendido (Spanish) comes from Spanish hender, from Old Spanish fender, from Latin findō, from Proto-Italic findō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- — bee.

hendido (Spanish): cracked, cleft

Definitions

  1. cracked, cleft

Ancestry of “hendido”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishhenderTo split, to cleave apart; To crack into pieces;...
2Old Spanishfender—
3Latinfindō—
4Proto-Italicfindōsplit, cleave
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeyd-to split
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰey-bee
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