Where does “afilar” come from?

afilar (Catalan) comes from Catalan a-, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.

afilar (Catalan): to sharpen

Definitions

  1. to sharpen

Ancestry of “afilar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalana-a-; Used to make verbs from adjectives and nouns
2LatinAdtoward, to
3Latinilliche, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that...
4Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
5LatinolleArchaic form of ille
6Proto-Italic*olnosthat
Every word from Proto-Italic *olnos →