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Where does “controlar” come from?

controlar (Catalan) comes from French contrôler, from Old French contreroller, from Old French contrerole, from Medieval Latin contrarotulum, from Medieval Latin rotulus, from Latin rotula, from Arabic رَطْل, from Classical Syriac ܪܝܛܠܐ.

controlar (Catalan): to control

Definitions

  1. to control

Ancestry of “controlar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcontrôlerto check or examine; to control
2Old Frenchcontreroller—
3Old Frenchcontrerole—
4Medieval Latincontrarotuluma counter-roll or register used to verify...
5Medieval Latinrotulusa roll, list, catalogue, schedule, record, a...
6Latinrotulaa small wheel; roll
7Arabicرَطْل—
8Classical Syriacܪܝܛܠܐ—
9Classical Syriacܠܝܛܪܐlibra, pound
10Frenchlitrelitre
11Medieval Latinlitra—
12Ancient Greekλίτραlitra, a Sicilian silver coin; libra, a unit of...
13Proto-Italic*līðrā—

Words derived from “controlar”

  • controlador
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