Where does “xivar” come from?
xivar (Catalan) comes from Spanish chivar, from Spanish gibar, from Spanish -ar, from Old Spanish -ar, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.
xivar (Catalan): to shout
Definitions
- to shout
Ancestry of “xivar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | chivar | to annoy; to snitch, tattle, rat, egg, squeal |
| 2 | Spanish | gibar | to bug; pester; hack off |
| 3 | Spanish | -ar | In adjectives, indicating membership or status;... |
| 4 | Old Spanish | -ar | indicates membership or status |
| 5 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |