Where does “taco chino” come from?
taco chino (Spanish) comes from Spanish chino, from Spanish enchinar, from Spanish en-, from Old Spanish en-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
taco chino (Spanish): spring roll
Definitions
- spring roll
Ancestry of “taco chino”, step by step
taco chino traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish chino
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | chino | Chinese; Chinese person; boy, servant |
| 2 | Spanish | enchinar | to pave; to curl; to get goosebumps |
| 3 | Spanish | en- | en- all meanings |
| 4 | Old Spanish | en- | — |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Spanish taco
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | taco | taco; peg; dowel |
| 2 | Italian | tacco | heel; chock; first-person singular present... |
| 3 | Italian | taccone | patch; botch; hobnail |
| 4 | Italian | tacca | notch, nick; third-person singular present... |
| 5 | Frankish | takkō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | takkô | spike, thorn, prickle |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | deǵ- | to rip, tear |