Where does “hostigador” come from?
hostigador (Spanish) comes from Spanish hostigar, from Old Spanish fostigar, from Latin fūstīgāre, from Latin fūstis, from Latin -ārium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.
hostigador (Spanish): skirmisher
Definitions
- skirmisher
Ancestry of “hostigador”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | hostigar | to lash; to harass; to pester |
| 2 | Old Spanish | fostigar | — |
| 3 | Latin | fūstīgāre | — |
| 4 | Latin | fūstis | a knobbed stick, a cudgel, staff, club |
| 5 | Latin | -ārium | used primarily to form nouns of purpose from other nouns, such as places where things are kept or objects used for a particular end |
| 6 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |