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Where does “hendidura” come from?

hendidura (Spanish) comes from Spanish hendir, 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.

hendidura (Spanish): cleft, groove, cleavage, indentation, slot, slit

Definitions

  1. cleft, groove, cleavage, indentation, slot, slit

Ancestry of “hendidura”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishhendirto cut open; to slice or cut through
2SpanishhenderTo split, to cleave apart; To crack into pieces;...
3Old Spanishfender—
4Latinfindō—
5Proto-Italicfindōsplit, cleave
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeyd-to split
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰey-bee
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