Where does “descontrolar-se” come from?

descontrolar-se (Catalan) comes from Catalan controlar, 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 — ingot.

descontrolar-se (Catalan): to lose control

Definitions

  1. to lose control

Ancestry of “descontrolar-se”, step by step

descontrolar-se traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Catalan controlar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalancontrolarto control
2Frenchcontrôlerto check or examine; to control
3Old Frenchcontreroller—
4Old Frenchcontrerole—
5Medieval Latincontrarotuluma counter-roll or register used to verify...
6Medieval Latinrotulusa roll, list, catalogue, schedule, record, a...
7Latinrotulaa small wheel; roll
8Arabicرَطْل—
9Classical Syriacܪܝܛܠܐ—
10Classical Syriacܠܝܛܪܐlibra, pound
11Frenchlitrelitre
12Medieval Latinlitra—
13Ancient Greekλίτραlitra, a Sicilian silver coin; libra, a unit of...
14Proto-Italic*līðrāingot

via Catalan sé

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanséhimself, herself, itself (direct or indirect object)
2Latinsēwithout
3Proto-Indo-Europeanswéself
Every word from Proto-Italic *līðrā →Every word from Ancient Greek λίτρα →Every word from Medieval Latin litra →