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Where does “rastrero” come from?

rastrero (Spanish) comes from Spanish rastro, from Latin rāstrum, from Latin -trum, from Proto-Italic -trom, from Proto-Indo-European -trom, from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

rastrero (Spanish): low, cowardly, ignominious; despicable

Definitions

  1. low, cowardly, ignominious; despicable

Ancestry of “rastrero”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishrastrosign, trace, vestige, scent; trail, spoor; flea...
2Latinrāstrum—
3Latin-trumforming instrument nouns
4Proto-Italic-trom—
5Proto-Indo-European-tromForms nouns denoting a tool or instrument
6Proto-Indo-European-tḗrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
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