Minero

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*(s)mēy(H)-
2. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*mēy(H)nis
3. Proto-Celtic · derived from*meinis f“an ore, a metal, a mine”
4. Gaulish · derived from*mēnā“an ore, a mine”
5. Latin · derived frommina f“an ore, a mine”
6. French · derived frommine f“a mine”
7. Spanish · derived frommina f“a mine, a cavern for mining”
8. Spanish · derived fromminero m“miner; one who mines or works in a mine”
9. Spanish · borrowed fromMinero
10. English todayMinero

PIE word *mēy(H)nis Likely borrowed from Spanish Minero, as an occupational surname from Spanish minero m (“miner; one who mines or works in a mine”), occupational noun of Spanish mina f (“a mine, a cavern for mining”), itself borrowed borrowed from French mine f (“a mine”), inherited from Latin mina f (“an ore, a mine”), from Gaulish *mēnā (“an ore, a mine”), from Proto-Celtic *meinis f (“an ore, a metal, a mine”), from Proto-Indo-European *mēy(H)nis, Proto-Indo-European *(s)mēy(H)-.

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