Where does “merinos” come from?
merinos (Spanish) comes from Spanish merino, from Latin maiorinus, from Latin māior, from Latin magnus, from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂- — big, great; great; big, stour, great.
merinos (Spanish): plural of merino
Ancestry of “merinos”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Spanish | merino | merino; a count who had jurisdiction over a... |
| 2 | Latin | maiorinus | — |
| 3 | Latin | māior | — |
| 4 | Latin | magnus | large, big; great; important |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | meǵh₂- | big, great; great; big, stour, great |
Words derived from “merinos”