Where does “desempatar” come from?
desempatar (Catalan) comes from Catalan empatar, from Spanish empatar, from Italian impattare, from Italian impatto, from Latin impāctum, from Latin impingo, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.
desempatar (Catalan): to break a tie, to act as a tiebreaker, to break the deadlock
Definitions
- to break a tie, to act as a tiebreaker, to break the deadlock
Ancestry of “desempatar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | empatar | to draw, tie |
| 2 | Spanish | empatar | to tie, draw; to connect, join |
| 3 | Italian | impattare | to equalize; to draw; to impact |
| 4 | Italian | impatto | impact; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 5 | Latin | impāctum | — |
| 6 | Latin | impingo | I push, strike, dash against; I press upon, force... |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 8 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |