Where does “chegar” come from?
chegar (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese chegar, from Latin plicāre, from Proto-Indo-European pleḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European pel- — to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold.
chegar (Galician): to arrive; to reach; to come to, to total, to...
Definitions
- to arrive; to reach; to come to, to total, to...
Ancestry of “chegar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Portuguese | chegar | arrive |
| 2 | Latin | plicāre | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | pleḱ- | to fold, plait, weave |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | pel- | to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold |