Where does “abordar” come from?
abordar (Catalan) comes from French aborder, from French a-, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.
abordar (Catalan): to broach, to address
Ancestry of “abordar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | aborder | To deal with; to tackle; to approach a problem,... |
| 2 | French | a- | A prefix forming words, especially verbs, that... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 4 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |