Where does “encerclar” come from?
encerclar (Catalan) comes from Catalan en, from Latin Domine, from Latin die, from Latin dies, from Latin diem, from Proto-Italic djēm, from Proto-Italic *djous, from Proto-Indo-European dyḗws — to be bright; sky, heaven.
encerclar (Catalan): to encircle, to enclose
Definitions
- to encircle, to enclose
Ancestry of “encerclar”, step by step
encerclar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Catalan en
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | en | Personal article used before masculine given... |
| 2 | Latin | Domine | Guide, O Lord my God, my way by your sight |
| 3 | Latin | die | ablative singular of diēs; day; before the day |
| 4 | Latin | dies | A day, "particularly:" |
| 5 | Latin | diem | accusative singular of diēs |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | djēm | accusative singular of *djous |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *djous | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dyḗws | sky, heaven; sky god |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dyéws | sky, heaven |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |
via Catalan cercle
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | cercle | circle |
| 2 | Old Occitan | cercle | — |
| 3 | Latin | circulus | circle; An orbit; A ring, hoop |
| 4 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |