English
norteño
Norteño comes from Spanish norteño ‘Northern Mexico’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *nér ‘below the surface, below’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*nér‘below the surface, below’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*nŕ̥t(e)rosreconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*nurþraz‘north, northern’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*norþr‘northern, northernly’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150norþ‘north’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400nort‘north’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600nord‘north’
- Old Spanishc. 950–1500norte
- Spanishc. 1500–presentsame form‘north, northern’
- Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentnorteño‘Northern Mexico’
- Englishearliest quotation 2000same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*nér‘below the surface, below’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*nŕ̥t(e)rosreconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*nurþraz‘north, northern’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*norþr‘northern, northernly’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150norþ‘north’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400nort‘north’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600nord‘north’
- Old Spanishc. 950–1500norte
- Spanishc. 1500–presentsame form‘north, northern’
- Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentnorteño‘Northern Mexico’
- Englishearliest quotation 2000same form
Earliest quotation: 2000, Simon Broughton, Mark Ellingham: “At a party in an isolated mountain community in…”
Linked words
through Proto-Germanic *nurþraz ‘north, northern’
through Old English norþ ‘north’
Today it means
noun A genre of Mexican music related to polka and corridos, emerged in the late 19th century.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *nér / norteño