vieja

female equivalent of viejo; hag; wife, (spouse): little woman

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wet- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wétos Proto-Italic *wetos Latin vetus Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Latin vetulus Latin vetula Late Latin vecla Old Spanish vieja Spanish vieja Inherited from Old Spanish vieja, from Late Latin vecla, from Latin vetula, feminine of vetulus, from vetus (“old”) + -ulus (diminutive ending).