Where does “robabancos” come from?

robabancos (Spanish) comes from Spanish robar, from Late Latin raubo, from Proto-West Germanic raubōn, from Proto-Germanic raubōną, from Proto-Indo-European Hrewp-, from Proto-Indo-European Hrew- — to tear out, dig out, open, acquire.

robabancos (Spanish): bank robber

Definitions

  1. bank robber

Ancestry of “robabancos”, step by step

robabancos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish robar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishrobarto rob; to steal; to draw
2Late LatinrauboI rob, plunder
3Proto-West Germanicraubōnto rob, to steal, to plunder
4Proto-Germanicraubōnąto rob, steal, plunder
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanHrewp-to break, tear
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanHrew-to tear out, dig out, open, acquire

via Spanish Banco

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishBancobank
2Old Frenchbank—
3Proto-Germanicbankiza raised surface; bulge; hillock; slope; bench
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeg-to break
Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hrew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hrewp- →Every word from Proto-Germanic raubōną →