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Where does “pajarita” come from?

pajarita (Spanish) comes from Spanish -ita, from Spanish -ito, from Latin -ittus, from Proto-Italic -tos, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

pajarita (Spanish): female equivalent of pajarito, a small bird; an...

Definitions

  1. female equivalent of pajarito, a small bird; an...

Ancestry of “pajarita”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanish-itaSubstituted for "a" at the end of feminine words...
2Spanish-itoForms diminutives of nouns; Forms names of...
3Latin-ittusdiminutive suffix, used to create nouns
4Proto-Italic-tosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
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