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Spanish word hijo comes from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)-, Latin fenum, and later Old Latin filios (Son.)

*dʰeh₁(y)- (Proto-Indo-European)

to suck, to suck, suckle

fenum (Latin)

*dʰeh₁y-li-os (Proto-Indo-European)

sucker

*dʰeh₁ylios (Proto-Indo-European)

filios (Latin)

filios (Old Latin)

Son.

*feiljos (Proto-Italic)

Son.

fīlius, fīlios (Old Latin)

filius (Latin)

(by extension) any male descendant. (in the plural) children. A son.

figlia (Italian)

(usually, regional) girl. Daughter.

fijo (Old Spanish)

Son.

hijo (Spanish)

Child (when the gender of the child is unknown). Son.

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