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Where does “acontecer” come from?

acontecer (Galician) comes from Vulgar Latin *contigīre, from Latin contingĕre.

acontecer (Galician): to happen

Definitions

  1. to happen

Ancestry of “acontecer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latin*contigīre—
2Latincontingĕre—

Words derived from “acontecer”

  • acontecemento
Every word from Latin contingĕre →