Where does “nacho” come from?

nacho (Spanish) comes from Latin nāsus, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

nacho (Spanish): nacho

Definitions

  1. nacho

Ancestry of “nacho”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinnāsusThe nose
2Latin-ōsuffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs
3Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots

Words derived from “nacho”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ō →Every word from Latin -ō →Every word from Latin nāsus →
nacho — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer