Where does “juegos de pólvora” come from?

juegos de pólvora (Spanish) comes from Spanish juegos, from Spanish juego, from Latin iocus, from Proto-Italic jokos, from Proto-Indo-European yokos, from Proto-Indo-European yek- — to utter.

juegos de pólvora (Spanish): Fireworks

Definitions

  1. Fireworks

Ancestry of “juegos de pólvora”, step by step

juegos de pólvora traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish juegos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishjuegosplural of juego
2Spanishjuegoplay; game; sport; gaming
3Latiniocusa joke, jest; a form of amusement; pastime, sport
4Proto-Italicjokosword, saying
5Proto-Indo-Europeanyokosword, utterance
6Proto-Indo-Europeanyek-to utter

via Spanish de

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishdeThe name of the Latin-script letter D; of; ’s;...
2LatindeThe name of the letter "D"; of, concerning,...
3Proto-Indo-EuropeandeEmphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European yek-Every word from Proto-Indo-European yokosEvery word from Proto-Italic jokos
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