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Where does “mazazo” come from?

mazazo (Spanish) comes from Spanish mazo, from Spanish maza, from Vulgar Latin mattea, from Latin mateola, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

mazazo (Spanish): a blow or hit with a mallet or hammer; a blow, a...

Definitions

  1. a blow or hit with a mallet or hammer; a blow, a...

Ancestry of “mazazo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishmazohammer; mallet; gavel
2Spanishmazamace, club; mallet; handle
3Vulgar LatinmatteaA dainty dish, a delicacy
4LatinmateolaThe meaning of this term is uncertain....
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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