Where does “esmaixada” come from?

esmaixada (Catalan) comes from Catalan esmaixar, from Catalan -ar, from Latin -āris, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.

esmaixada (Catalan): dunk, slam, slam dunk

Definitions

  1. dunk, slam, slam dunk

Ancestry of “esmaixada”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanesmaixarto dunk, to slam
2Catalan-ar-ar; Used to form nouns indicating where a given...
3Latin-ārisfirst conjugation
4Latin-ālis—
5Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives
Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis →Every word from Latin -ālis →Every word from Latin -āris →