Where does “espantar” come from?
espantar (Catalan) comes from Catalan espaventar, from Vulgar Latin expaventare, from Classical Latin expaveō, from Latin pavor, from Latin -or, from Proto-Italic -ōs, from Proto-Indo-European -ōs, from Proto-Indo-European -oss — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
espantar (Catalan): to scare, frighten; to scare away, drive off
Definitions
- to scare, frighten; to scare away, drive off
Ancestry of “espantar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | espaventar | to scare, frighten; to scare away, drive off |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | expaventare | present active infinitive of *expaventō |
| 3 | Classical Latin | expaveō | — |
| 4 | Latin | pavor | The act of trembling, quaking, throbbing or... |
| 5 | Latin | -or | used to form a third-declension masculine... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -ōs | Creates masculine action nouns or result nouns... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōs | Creates masculine and feminine action nouns or... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -oss | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |