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Where does “tamaño” come from?

tamaño (Spanish) comes from Old Portuguese tamanno, from Latin tam magnus, from Latin tam, from Proto-Indo-European téh₂m, from Proto-Indo-European séh₂, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.

tamaño (Spanish): as big or small; equivalent in size; so big/so...

Definitions

  1. as big or small; equivalent in size; so big/so...

Ancestry of “tamaño”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesetamannovery large, huge
2Latintam magnusvery big; size
3Latintamso, so much, to such an extent, to such a degree
4Proto-Indo-Europeantéh₂m—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanséh₂—
6Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that
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