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Where does “atropellament” come from?

atropellament (Catalan) comes from Catalan atropellar, from Catalan a-, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos.

atropellament (Catalan): the act of running over a person in a car

Definitions

  1. the act of running over a person in a car

Ancestry of “atropellament”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanatropellarto run over; to rush
2Catalana-a-; Used to make verbs from adjectives and nouns
3LatinAd—
4Latinilliche, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that...
5Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
6LatinolleArchaic form of ille
7Proto-Italic*olnos—
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