Where does “refusar” come from?

refusar (Catalan) comes from Latin refusāre, from Latin recuso, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro-, from Proto-Indo-European por- — passed , crossed.

refusar (Catalan): to refuse

Definitions

  1. to refuse

Ancestry of “refusar”, step by step

refusar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin refusāre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinrefusārerefuse
2LatinrecusoI refuse, decline; I object to, reject; I...
3Latinrĕ-back, backwards
4Latinprōdūcōto lead or bring forth, forward or out
5Latinprō-forward direction, forward movement
6Proto-Italic*pro-pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
9Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

via Latin recūsāre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinrecūsāre
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tósEvery word from Proto-Indo-European per-Every word from Latin rĕ-