Etymology

abuelo

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Today it means: A Hispanic grandfather. Full definition →

Spanish abuelo ← Old Spanish avuelo ← Vulgar Latin *aviolum
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éwh₂os
  2. Latinavus
  3. Latinavia
  4. Latinaviola
  5. Vulgar Latin*aviolum
  6. Old Spanishavuelo
  7. Spanishabuelo
  8. English todayabuelo

Borrowed from Spanish abuelo.

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