Where does “robaniños” come from?

robaniños (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.

robaniños (Spanish): someone who kidnaps children

Definitions

  1. someone who kidnaps children

Ancestry of “robaniños”, step by step

robaniños 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 niño

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishniñochild; boy, girl
2Vulgar Latinninnus
Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hrew-Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hrewp-Every word from Proto-Germanic raubōną
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