Where does “aproximar” come from?
aproximar (Catalan) comes from Latin approximo, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
aproximar (Catalan): to bring close or closer; to come close or...
Definitions
- to bring close or closer; to come close or...
Ancestry of “aproximar”, step by step
aproximar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin approximo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | approximo | I am or draw near to, approach; I approximate |
| 2 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 3 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 4 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 5 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Catalan pròxim
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | pròxim | next; near, nearby |
| 2 | Latin | proximus | nearest, next; adjoining; superlative degree of... |
| 3 | Latin | prope | near, nearby, nigh; close in time; almost, nearly |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | prokʷe | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |