carnicero

/kaɾniˈθeɾo/ · B2 · noun · m

butcher

🥩🔪 carne (meat) + -ero (the one who works with it) = the meat man

Spanish carne means meat, from Latin caro/carnis, also the root of carnivore. Add -ero, the suffix for someone's trade, and you get the person who sells meat. As a zoology term it means carnivoran, a meat-eater.

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