oruga
Spanish
noun
Definitions
- caterpillar insect or vehicle
- arugula, rocket plant
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish oruga inherited from Latin urūca, ērūca (rocket) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer(s)-uk-eh₂, *ǵʰers- (bristle, surprised, stand erect, stiff).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ǵʰers-
Gloss
bristle, surprised, stand erect, stiff
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- abhorreō Latin
- abhorrēre Latin
- eruca Latin
- herna Latin
- hispidus Latin
- horrendus Latin
- horridus Latin
- horripilātus Latin
- horror Latin
- urūca Latin
- ērūca Latin
- ruca Italian
- rucola Italian
- χέρσος Ancient Greek
- *pil- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰer(s)-uk-eh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰers- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰr̥s-éh₁-(ye)-ti Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰr̥séh₁(ye)ti Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰórsōs Proto-Indo-European
- eiruga Galician
- ρόκα Greek (modern)
- aruka Maltese
- eruga Old Occitan
- oruga Old Spanish
- ځیږ Pashto, Pushto