Where does “saltatrás” come from?
saltatrás (Spanish) comes from Spanish atrás, from Old Portuguese atras, from Romanian atrage, from Romanian trage, from Vulgar Latin tragere, from Latin trahere, from Latin traho, from Proto-Italic traɣō — to run.
saltatrás (Spanish): a descendant of mestizos with characteristics of only one race
Definitions
- a descendant of mestizos with characteristics of only one race
Ancestry of “saltatrás”, step by step
saltatrás traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish atrás
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | atrás | behind; back in time, ago; get back, back off,... |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | atras | — |
| 3 | Romanian | atrage | to attract, draw, lure, entice |
| 4 | Romanian | trage | to pull, draw, drag |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | tragere | — |
| 6 | Latin | trahere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | traho | I drag, pull; I trail; I extract, withdraw |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | traɣō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | tregʰ- | to drag, pull?; to run, walk |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰregʰ- | to run |
via Spanish salta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | salta |