Where does “tejón enano” come from?

tejón enano (Spanish) comes from Spanish tejón, from Spanish -ón, from English -ön, from English -one, from English ketone, from German Keton, from German Aketon, from French acétone — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

tejón enano (Spanish): Cozumel raccoon

Definitions

  1. Cozumel raccoon

Ancestry of “tejón enano”, step by step

tejón enano traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish tejón

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishtejónEuropean badger; American badger; white-nosed...
2Spanish-ónemphasizes that something is large, grand,...
3English-önForming nouns denoting subatomic particles and quanta
4English-onea ketone; any similar compound containing a...
5EnglishketoneA homologous series of organic molecules whose...
6GermanKetonketone
7GermanAketonacetone
8Frenchacétoneacetone
9Latinacētumvinegar
10French-ateate
11Latin-ātused
12Proto-Italic-ātos
13Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality

via Spanish enano

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishenanodwarf, midget, pygmy; dwarf
2Latinnānusdwarf
3Ancient Greekνᾶνοςdwarf
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tosEvery word from Latin -ātusEvery word from French -ate
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