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 -lósEvery word from Latin -ilisEvery word from Latin edō
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