Where does “matancero” come from?
matancero (Spanish) comes from Spanish Matanzas, from Spanish matanza, from Spanish matar, from Latin mattāre, from Late Latin mattus, from Latin maditus, from Latin madere, from Latin madeō — to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...
Ancestry of “matancero”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | Matanzas | — |
| 2 | Spanish | matanza | kill; massacre, slaughter; slaughter |
| 3 | Spanish | matar | to kill, slay; to put out, extinguish; to butcher |
| 4 | Latin | mattāre | — |
| 5 | Late Latin | mattus | drunk, intoxicated |
| 6 | Latin | maditus | — |
| 7 | Latin | madere | present active infinitive of madeō; to be wet; be... |
| 8 | Latin | madeō | to be wet or moist |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | meh₂d- | to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,... |