English
llanero
Llanero comes from Spanish llanero ‘plainsman, cowboy, llanero’, from llano ‘even, flat, level’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pleh₂-‘flat’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*pl̥h₂nósreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*plānosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEplānus‘level, flat, even’
- Spanishc. 1500–presentllano‘even, flat, level’
- Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentllanero‘plainsman, cowboy, llanero’
- Englishearliest quotation 2018same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pleh₂-‘flat’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*pl̥h₂nósreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*plānosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEplānus‘level, flat, even’
- Spanishc. 1500–presentllano‘even, flat, level’
- Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentllanero‘plainsman, cowboy, llanero’
- Englishearliest quotation 2018same form
Earliest quotation: 2018, Wim Klooster, Revolutions in the Atlantic World: “The fugitive slaves and their descendants who formed the…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- ‘flat’
field, floor, palm, planet, clan, archipelago, fluke, parma, playa, placenta, flounder, placate, lech, polonium, implacable, palatine, pelagic, veld, plantar, flay, floe, purdah, planta, 45 more
through Proto-Italic *plānos
explanation, plane, explanatory, planar, esplanade, unexplainable, explainable, 10 more
through Latin plānus ‘level, flat, even’
through Spanish llano ‘even, flat, level’
Today it means
noun A plainsman; a South American cattle-herder or cowboy, especially in Venezuela and Colombia.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- / llanero