Where does “inaugurar” come from?
inaugurar (Asturian) comes from Latin inaugurō, from Latin auguro, from Latin augur, from Latvian augos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ewg-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂weg-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ug-.
inaugurar (Asturian): to inaugurate
Definitions
- to inaugurate
Ancestry of “inaugurar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | inaugurō | to divine, practice augury, take omens from the flight of birds |
| 2 | Latin | auguro | I predict, foretell, forebode; I conjecture,... |
| 3 | Latin | augur | augur (priest, diviner, or soothsayer, one who foretold the future in part by interpreting the song and flight of birds) |
| 4 | Latvian | augos | locative plural form of augs; locative plural... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ewg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂weg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ug- | — |