Where does “mortero” come from?

mortero (Spanish) comes from Latin mortarium, from Proto-Indo-European mer- — to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland.

mortero (Spanish): mortar

Definitions

  1. mortar

Ancestry of “mortero”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmortariummortar; large basin in which mortar is made
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland

Words derived from “mortero”

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