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Where does “merino” come from?

merino (Spanish) comes from Latin maiorinus, from Latin māior, from Latin magnus, from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂- — big, great; great; big, stour, great.

merino (Spanish): merino; a count who had jurisdiction over a...

Definitions

  1. merino; a count who had jurisdiction over a...

Ancestry of “merino”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmaiorinus—
2Latinmāior—
3Latinmagnuslarge, big; great; important
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂-big, great; great; big, stour, great

Words derived from “merino”

  • merino
  • merinos
  • merinos
  • merinato
  • merindad
  • mérinos
  • メリンス
  • მერინოსი
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