Minero

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Minero

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*mēy(H)nis

Likely borrowed from Spanish Minero, as an occupational surname from Spanish minero m (“miner; one who mines or works in a mine”), occupational noun of Spanish mina f (“a mine, a cavern for mining”), itself borrowed borrowed from French mine f (“a mine”), inherited from Latin mina f (“an ore, a mine”), from Gaulish *mēnā (“an ore, a mine”), from Proto-Celtic *meinis f (“an ore, a metal, a mine”), from Proto-Indo-European *mēy(H)nis, Proto-Indo-European *(s)mēy(H)-.

proper noun Mineros

  1. A surname.

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Minero. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/minero

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@misc{minero_2026,
  title = {Minero},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/minero},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}