Where does “mineralogía” come from?
mineralogía (Spanish) comes from Spanish mineral, from Spanish minero, from Spanish mina, from French mine, from Breton min, from Italian mina, from Latin mina, from Gaulish mēnā — to cut, hew.
mineralogía (Spanish): mineralogy
Definitions
- mineralogy
Ancestry of “mineralogía”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | mineral | mineral |
| 2 | Spanish | minero | mining; miner |
| 3 | Spanish | mina | mine; lead; woman |
| 4 | French | mine | mine; pencil lead; piledriver, scorcher |
| 5 | Breton | min | face of an animal; beak, muzzle |
| 6 | Italian | mina | mine, land mine; lead in pencils; mine which... |
| 7 | Latin | mina | A Greek weight equal to 100 drachmas; A Greek... |
| 8 | Gaulish | mēnā | ore, mine |
| 9 | Proto-Celtic | *meinis | ore, metal |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | mēy(H)nis | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)mēy(H)- | to cut, hew |