Where does “aparar” come from?
aparar (Galician) comes from Galician parar, from Old Portuguese parar, from Latin parō, from Latin pectus, from Proto-Italic pektos, from Proto-Indo-European peg-, from English polyethylene glycol — Any of a series of water-soluble polymers, of...
aparar (Galician): to catch (a tossed or free falling object, for example)
Definitions
- to catch (a tossed or free falling object, for example)
Ancestry of “aparar”, step by step
aparar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Galician parar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galician | parar | to stop; to stay; to situate, position |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | parar | — |
| 3 | Latin | parō | to arrange, order, contrive, design |
| 4 | Latin | pectus | chest, breast; heart, breast, as the seat of... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | pektos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | peg- | breast |
| 7 | English | polyethylene glycol | Any of a series of water-soluble polymers, of... |
via Latin apparō
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | apparō | to prepare or make ready for something, put in order, provide, furnish, equip, organize |
| 2 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 3 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 4 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 5 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |