Etymograph

English

diego

Diego (a slur for a Spanish speaker) comes from the Spanish name Diego, from Latin Didacus, of unknown origin.

  1. Spanishc. 1500–presentDiego
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1985diego

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Spanishc. 1500–presentDiego
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1985diego

Earliest quotation: 1985, Robert Anton Wilson, The Widow's Son (The Historical Illuminatus Chronicles): “... Around twenty years old and pretty tall for…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *dens- ‘to teach’

dense, condensation, 5 more

through Proto-Hellenic *di-dəs-skō

didactic, 4 more

Today it means

noun A Spanish-speaker, especially from Latin America.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Spanish Diego / diego

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