Where does “emposta” come from?
emposta (Galician) comes from Galician en, from Old Portuguese en, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
emposta (Galician): opportunity, occasion
Definitions
- opportunity, occasion
Ancestry of “emposta”, step by step
emposta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Galician en
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galician | en | in; When preceding a complement of a verb it can... |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | en | in |
| 3 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 4 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Galician posta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galician | posta | serving, slice, cut |