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Where does “ladrillazo” come from?

ladrillazo (Spanish) comes from Spanish ladrillo, from Old Spanish ladriello, from Old Spanish -iello, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

ladrillazo (Spanish): A blow/hit with a brick

Definitions

  1. A blow/hit with a brick

Ancestry of “ladrillazo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishladrillobrick
2Old Spanishladriellobrick
3Old Spanish-ielloA diminutive suffix
4Latin-ellusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine...
5Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
6Proto-Italic-olos—
7Proto-Italic-elos—
8Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
9Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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