Where does “pañolada” come from?

pañolada (Spanish) comes from Spanish pañuelo, from Spanish -uelo, from Latin -olus, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

pañolada (Spanish): The act of waving a white handkerchief at an event, especially a football game or a bullfight, as a form of protest

Definitions

  1. The act of waving a white handkerchief at an event, especially a football game or a bullfight, as a form of protest

Ancestry of “pañolada”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishpañuelohandkerchief; handkerchief, neckerchief; tissue,...
2Spanish-uelodiminutive suffix for nouns; emphasizes contempt...
3Latin-olusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming diminutives";...
4Latin-lusAlternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix
5Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
6Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
7Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lósEvery word from Latin -lusEvery word from Latin -olus