Where does “menino” come from?

menino (Spanish) comes from Portuguese menino, from Old Portuguese meninho.

menino (Spanish): a royal page; a young man recruited to serve in a palace

Definitions

  1. a royal page; a young man recruited to serve in a palace

Ancestry of “menino”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesemeninoboy; child
2Old Portuguesemeninho—
Every word from Old Portuguese meninho →Every word from Portuguese menino →