English
La Huerta
La Huerta comes from Spanish huerta ‘garden, orchard’, from Proto-Italic *hortos ‘enclosure’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰórtos.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰórtosreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*hortos‘enclosure’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhortus‘garden’
- Spanishc. 1500–presenthuerta‘garden, orchard’
- Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentLa Huertaliterally ‘The Garden; The Orchard’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰórtosreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*hortos‘enclosure’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhortus‘garden’
- Spanishc. 1500–presenthuerta‘garden, orchard’
- Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentLa Huertaliterally ‘The Garden; The Orchard’
- Englishtodaysame form
The story
Borrowed from Spanish La Huerta f (literally “The Garden; The Orchard”), from Spanish huerta f (‘garden, orchard’).
Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰórtos
Today it means
name A census-designated place in Eddy County, New Mexico, United States.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰórtos / La Huerta