noun, feminine/kaˈlaɲa/plural: calañas
kind, sort, type, ilk; pattern; character, nature, quality; example, model
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷísder. Latin quālis Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Indo-European *-éyos Proto-Italic *-ejos Proto-Italic *-eos Latin -eus Latin -āneus Vulgar Latin *quālāneus? Spanish calaño Spanish calaña From obsolete calaño (“of the same quality”), ultimately from Latin quālis, possibly by way of hypothetical Vulgar Latin *quālāneus or by the influence of Spanish tamaño (“si