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Where does “pajarón” come from?

pajarón (Spanish) comes from Spanish pájaro, from Old Spanish páxaro, from Vulgar Latin passarum, from Latin passer, from Proto-Indo-European peth₂- — to spread out; to fly.

pajarón (Spanish): absentminded, distracted, scatty; stupid; a...

Definitions

  1. absentminded, distracted, scatty; stupid; a...

Ancestry of “pajarón”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishpájarobird; homosexual; penis
2Old Spanishpáxaro—
3Vulgar Latinpassarumgenitive feminine plural of passus
4Latinpassersparrow; turbot
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpeth₂-to spread out; to fly
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peth₂- →