Where does “yunque” come from?
yunque (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish incue, from English cue, from English queue, from French queue, from Middle French queu, from Old French cue, from Vulgar Latin coda, from Latin cauda.
yunque (Spanish): anvil
Ancestry of “yunque”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Spanish | incue | — |
| 2 | English | cue | An action or event that is a signal for somebody... |
| 3 | English | queue | An animal's tail; A line of people, vehicles or... |
| 4 | French | queue | tail; queue, line; cue |
| 5 | Middle French | queu | — |
| 6 | Old French | cue | tail |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | coda | tail |
| 8 | Latin | cauda | A tail |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kaudā | tail |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂udeh₂ | — |