Where does “subdesarrollo” come from?

subdesarrollo (Spanish) comes from Spanish desarrollo, from Spanish desarrollar, from Spanish arrollar, from Spanish rollo, from Latin rotulus, from Latin rotula, from Arabic رَطْل, from Classical Syriac ܪܝܛܠܐ — ingot.

subdesarrollo (Spanish): underdevelopment

Definitions

  1. underdevelopment

Ancestry of “subdesarrollo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishdesarrollodevelopment
2Spanishdesarrollarto develop
3Spanisharrollarto dumbfound; to roll, to roll away; to sweep...
4Spanishrolloroll; coil; reel
5LatinrotulusAlternative form of rotula; roll; roll of paper
6Latinrotulaa small wheel; roll
7Arabicرَطْل
8Classical Syriacܪܝܛܠܐ
9Classical Syriacܠܝܛܪܐlibra, pound
10Frenchlitrelitre
11Medieval Latinlitra
12Ancient Greekλίτραlitra, a Sicilian silver coin; libra, a unit of...
13Proto-Italic*līðrāingot
Every word from Proto-Italic *līðrāEvery word from Ancient Greek λίτραEvery word from Medieval Latin litra