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Where does “mayoreo” come from?

mayoreo (Spanish) comes from Spanish -eo, from Latin -eus, from Ancient Greek -εῖος, from Proto-Indo-European -iHwós, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

mayoreo (Spanish): wholesale

Definitions

  1. wholesale

Ancestry of “mayoreo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanish-eo-eous; Used to create nouns from verbs suffixed...
2Latin-eusargentum + API → argenteus; ferrum + API →...
3Ancient Greek-εῖοςForms adjectives, usually with a meaning of "of"...
4Proto-Indo-European-iHwós—
5Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “mayoreo”

  • narcomayoreo
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