Where does “reventador” come from?

reventador (Spanish) comes from Spanish reventar, from Vulgar Latin repentare, from Latin repens, from Latin rēpō, from Proto-Italic rēpō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁reh₁p- — to creep.

reventador (Spanish): firecracker

Definitions

  1. firecracker

Ancestry of “reventador”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishreventarto burst, explode, blow up, break; to annoy; hack...
2Vulgar Latinrepentare
3Latinrepenscreeping, crawling; sudden, unexpected; recent,...
4Latinrēpōto creep, crawl
5Proto-Italicrēpō
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁reh₁p-to creep

Words derived from “reventador

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁reh₁p-Every word from Proto-Italic rēpōEvery word from Latin rēpō
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