Where does “hortelano” come from?
hortelano (Spanish) comes from Spanish hortolano, from Latin hortulanus, from Latin hortulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
hortelano (Spanish): orchard
Definitions
- orchard
Ancestry of “hortelano”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | hortolano | — |
| 2 | Latin | hortulanus | of or belonging to a garden, garden-; gardener |
| 3 | Latin | hortulus | a small garden |
| 4 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |