Where does “Herradura” come from?
Herradura (Tagalog) comes from Spanish herradura, from Spanish herrar, from Spanish hierro, from Old Spanish fierro, from Latin ferrum, from Cornish -er, from English -er, from Middle English -er — he, she.
Ancestry of “Herradura”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | herradura | horseshoe |
| 2 | Spanish | herrar | to horseshoe, to shoe a horse; to brand |
| 3 | Spanish | hierro | iron; branding iron; brand |
| 4 | Old Spanish | fierro | iron |
| 5 | Latin | ferrum | iron; any tool made of iron; fight, clash |
| 6 | Cornish | -er | Forms masculine agent nouns |
| 7 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 8 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 9 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 10 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 15 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |