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Where does “lindero” come from?

lindero (Spanish) comes from Spanish linde, from Latin līmes, from Latin līmus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂leyH-, from Proto-Indo-European leyh₂- — to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,...

lindero (Spanish): edge, boundary; adjoining, bordering

Definitions

  1. edge, boundary; adjoining, bordering

Ancestry of “lindero”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishlindeboundary
2Latinlīmes—
3Latinlīmus—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂leyH-to smear
5Proto-Indo-Europeanleyh₂-to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,...
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