Where does “sustentador” come from?

sustentador (Spanish) comes from Spanish sustentar, from Latin sustento, from Latin sustineo, from Latin sub-, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.

sustentador (Spanish): breadwinner

Definitions

  1. breadwinner

Ancestry of “sustentador”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishsustentarto sustain, support, underpin; to sustain,...
2LatinsustentoI uphold, support, prop or sustain; I endure or...
3LatinsustineoI hold up or upright, uphold, keep up, bear up,...
4Latinsub-under, sub
5Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-Every word from Proto-Indo-European upóEvery word from Latin sub-