English
Minero
Minero may come from Spanish Minero ‘miner’.
- Spanishc. 1500–presentMinero‘miner’uncertain
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Spanishc. 1500–presentMinero‘miner’uncertain
- Englishtodaysame form
The story
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)-.
Linked words
through Latin mina ‘an ore, a mine’
through French mine ‘a mine’
Today it means
name A surname.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Spanish Minero / Minero