Where does “violento” come from?

violento (Spanish) comes from Latin violentus, from Latin -entus, from Latin cruentus, from Latin cruor, from Proto-Indo-European krewh₂- — blood outside the body.

violento (Spanish): violent

Definitions

  1. violent

Ancestry of “violento”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinviolentusforcible, violent, vehement; impetuous;...
2Latin-entusadjective-forming suffix meaning abounding in,...
3Latincruentusbloody in its various senses, "particularly:"
4Latincruorblood, gore; murder, bloodshed
5Proto-Indo-Europeankrewh₂-blood outside the body

Words derived from “violento”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European krewh₂- →Every word from Latin -entus →Every word from Latin violentus →