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Where does “tresillo” come from?

tresillo (Spanish) comes from Spanish -illo, from Old Spanish -iello, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

tresillo (Spanish): triplet; three-piece suite; A type of card game

Definitions

  1. triplet; three-piece suite; A type of card game

Ancestry of “tresillo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanish-illoAdded to masculine nouns to denote a diminutive...
2Old Spanish-ielloA diminutive suffix
3Latin-ellusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine...
4Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
5Proto-Italic-olos—
6Proto-Italic-elos—
7Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
8Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “tresillo”

  • tresillo
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