Where does “porra” come from?

porra (Spanish) comes from Latin porrum, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥so- — leek.

porra (Spanish): club, baton, truncheon, night stick; thick type...

Definitions

  1. club, baton, truncheon, night stick; thick type...

Ancestry of “porra”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinporrumleek; chives
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥so-leek

Words derived from “porra”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥so- →Every word from Latin porrum →