The story
- Spanish · derived fromel“the”
- English todayel cheapo
From Spanish el (“the”) + cheap + -o (“mock-Spanish suffix”).
Words from the same roots
Spanishel all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
el cheapo
Today it means: Cheap; inexpensive; of low quality. Full definition →
Spanish el