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Where does “sombrero” come from?

sombrero (Spanish) comes from Spanish -ero, from Latin -ārium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.

sombrero (Spanish): hat

Definitions

  1. hat

Ancestry of “sombrero”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanish-eroforms occupations and other agent nouns from...
2Latin-ārium—
3Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
4Proto-Italic*-om—
5Proto-Indo-European*-oHom—

Words derived from “sombrero”

  • sombrero
  • sombreroed
  • sombrerería
  • sombrerera
  • sombrero
  • сомбреро
  • ソンブレロ
  • sumbrero
  • sompelelo
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom →