Where does “mujercita” come from?
mujercita (Spanish) comes from Spanish mujer, from Old Spanish mugier, from Latin mulier, from Latin mollior, from Latin mollis, from Latin molduis, from Proto-Italic moldus, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥dus — to soften, to melt.
mujercita (Spanish): sissy, nancy, fagboy, girl
Definitions
- sissy, nancy, fagboy, girl
Ancestry of “mujercita”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | mujer | woman; wife |
| 2 | Old Spanish | mugier | woman; wife |
| 3 | Latin | mulier | a woman, female; a wife; a coward, poltroon |
| 4 | Latin | mollior | softer, milder, weaker etc; first-person singular... |
| 5 | Latin | mollis | soft, delicate to the touch; pliant, flexible,... |
| 6 | Latin | molduis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | moldus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | *ml̥dus | soft, weak |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)meld- | to soften, to melt |