Where does “ojinegro” come from?

ojinegro (Spanish) comes from Spanish ojo, from Old Spanish ojo, from Vulgar Latin oclus, from Latin oculus, from Proto-Italic okʷelos, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ókʷs, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ekʷ- — to see; eye.

ojinegro (Spanish): dark-eyed, black-eyed

Definitions

  1. dark-eyed, black-eyed

Ancestry of “ojinegro”, step by step

ojinegro traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish ojo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishojoeye; keyhole; caution
2Old Spanishojoeye
3Vulgar Latinocluseye; Alternative form of oculus
4LatinoculusAn eye; the power of sight; a spot resembling an...
5Proto-Italicokʷeloseye
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ókʷseye
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ekʷ-to see; eye

via Spanish negro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishnegroblack; a black person; ghost writer
2Latinnigrummasculine accusative singular of niger; neuter...
3Latinnigerwan, shining black; bad; evil; ill-omened
4Proto-Indo-Europeannókʷtsnight
5Proto-Indo-Europeannegʷ-bare, naked
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ekʷ-
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