Where does “yesquero” come from?

yesquero (Spanish) comes from Spanish yesca, from Old Spanish yesca, from Latin ēsca, from Latin edō, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

yesquero (Spanish): tinderbox

Definitions

  1. tinderbox

Ancestry of “yesquero”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishyescatinder
2Old Spanishyesca—
3Latinēscafood
4Latinedōto eat
5Latin-ilis-ile
6Proto-Italic-elis—
7Proto-Indo-European-elis—
8Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “yesquero”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -ilis →Every word from Latin edō →