Where does “desafiador” come from?
desafiador (Catalan) comes from Catalan desafiar, from Catalan des-, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus, from Latin calx, from Ancient Greek χάλιξ — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
desafiador (Catalan): defiant; challenging
Ancestry of “desafiador”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Catalan | desafiar | to challenge |
| 2 | Catalan | des- | Indicates the negation of a verb; dis-, un- |
| 3 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 4 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 5 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |