Where does “mejillón” come from?

mejillón (Spanish) comes from Portuguese mexilhão, from Old Portuguese mixillon.

mejillón (Spanish): mussel; Chilean mussel

Definitions

  1. mussel; Chilean mussel

Ancestry of “mejillón”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesemexilhãomussel; vagina
2Old Portuguesemixillon—
Every word from Old Portuguese mixillon →Every word from Portuguese mexilhão →