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Where does “esmolar” come from?

esmolar (Catalan) comes from Portuguese -ar, from Old Portuguese -ar, from Latin -are, from Latin -o, from Proto-Italic -ōd, from Proto-Indo-European -éad.

esmolar (Catalan): to sharpen

Definitions

  1. to sharpen

Ancestry of “esmolar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguese-arforms the impersonal infinitive of...
2Old Portuguese-ar—
3Latin-arepresent active infinitive of -ō; -āre;...
4Latin-oforms masculine agent nouns, positive and...
5Proto-Italic-ōd—
6Proto-Indo-European-éad—

Words derived from “esmolar”

  • esmolat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éad →