Where does “acechal” come from?

acechal (Fala) comes from Spanish acechar, from Latin assector, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

acechal (Fala): to stalk

Definitions

  1. to stalk

Ancestry of “acechal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishacecharto lurk, to lie in wait for, waylay, watch out...
2LatinassectorI attend someone eagerly, accompany, follow, wait...
3Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
4Latinīn-un-, non-, not
5Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Latin ad-