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Where does “posadero” come from?

posadero (Spanish) comes from Spanish posada, from Spanish posar, from Latin pausāre, from Latin pauso, from Latin pausa, from Ancient Greek παῦσις, from Ancient Greek -σῐς, from Ancient Greek -τις — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.

posadero (Spanish): innkeeper; perch; deckchair

Definitions

  1. innkeeper; perch; deckchair

Ancestry of “posadero”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishposadahotel, inn
2Spanishposarto pose; to stay or lodge in a habitation; to...
3Latinpausāre—
4LatinpausoI halt, cease, pause; I rest in the grave
5Latinpausaa pause, halt, stop, cessation, end
6Ancient Greekπαῦσιςstopping, ceasing
7Ancient Greek-σῐς"suffix forming nouns"
8Ancient Greek-τιςEarlier form of -σις , retained after dentals δ,...
9Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots
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