Where does “hocico” come from?

hocico (Spanish) comes from Spanish hocicar, from Spanish hozar, from Latin fodiāre, from Latin fodiō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰod- — to pierce, dig.

hocico (Spanish): snout

Definitions

  1. snout

Ancestry of “hocico”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishhocicarto root; to pet; smooch; to fall flat on one's...
2Spanishhozarto root, dig with the snout
3Latinfodiāre—
4Latinfodiōto dig, dig up, dig out; to bury; to dig or clear out the earth from a place; to mine, quarry
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰod-to pierce, dig

Words derived from “hocico”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰod- →Every word from Latin fodiō →Every word from Latin fodiāre →