Where does “aplegapilotes” come from?

aplegapilotes (Catalan) comes from Catalan aplegar, from Latin applicō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

aplegapilotes (Catalan): ball boy, ball girl

Definitions

  1. ball boy, ball girl

Ancestry of “aplegapilotes”, step by step

aplegapilotes traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Catalan aplegar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1CatalanaplegarTo join; join up; collect up
2Latinapplicōto apply
3Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
4Latinīn-un-, non-, not
5Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via Catalan pilota

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanpilotaball
2Vulgar Latinpilotta
3Latinpilamortar; pillar; pier
4Latinpīlusa hair
5Latinpīluma pounder, pestle
6Proto-Italicpistlom
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpis-tlo-
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpeys-to grind, to crush
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Latin ad-