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Where does “rastro” come from?

rastro (Spanish) comes 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...

rastro (Spanish): sign, trace, vestige, scent; trail, spoor; flea...

Definitions

  1. sign, trace, vestige, scent; trail, spoor; flea...

Ancestry of “rastro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinrāstrum—
2Latin-trumforming instrument nouns
3Proto-Italic-trom—
4Proto-Indo-European-tromForms nouns denoting a tool or instrument
5Proto-Indo-European-tḗrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

Words derived from “rastro”

  • arrastra
  • arrastrar
  • rastreador
  • rastrar
  • rastrero
  • rastrear
  • arrastre
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr →