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Where does “lugareño” come from?

lugareño (Spanish) comes from Spanish lugar, from Spanish logar, from Old Spanish logar, from Latin locālis, from Latin locus, from Old Latin stlocus, from Proto-Italic stlokos, from Proto-Indo-European stel- — to put, to place; to locate.

lugareño (Spanish): inhabitant, local

Definitions

  1. inhabitant, local

Ancestry of “lugareño”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishlugarplace
2SpanishlogarArchaic form of lugar; to rent; Alternative form...
3Old Spanishlogarplace
4Latinlocālis—
5Latinlocusplace, spot; a passage of literature; "in the...
6Old Latinstlocus—
7Proto-Italicstlokos—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate
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