Where does “arquejar” come from?
arquejar (Catalan) comes from Catalan arca, from Latin arcānus, from Latin arca, from Latin arceo, from Proto-Italic arkeō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂erk- — to protect, guard, hold, lock.
arquejar (Catalan): to arc bend something into the shape of an arc
Definitions
- to arc bend something into the shape of an arc
Ancestry of “arquejar”, step by step
arquejar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Catalan arca
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | arca | chest, coffer; ark |
| 2 | Latin | arcānus | hidden, secret, private, mysterious |
| 3 | Latin | arca | chest, box, coffer, safe; coffin; ark |
| 4 | Latin | arceo | I shut up, enclose; box in; I keep off, ward off;... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | arkeō | to contain |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂erk- | to protect, guard, hold, lock |