abuelo

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Spanish word abuelo comes from Latin -olus, Latin avus (An ancestor. An old man. Grandfather.)

-olus (Latin)

avus (Latin)

An ancestor. An old man. Grandfather.

(Vulgar Latin) grandfather.

abuelo (Spanish)

(colloquial, affectionate) an elderly person. Grandfather. Loose tufts of hair in the nape when one's hair is messed up.

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