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Where does “enfermar” come from?

enfermar (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese enfermar, from Latin infirmo, from Latin īnfirmus, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

enfermar (Galician): to become ill; to get sick; to make ill; to...

Definitions

  1. to become ill; to get sick; to make ill; to...

Ancestry of “enfermar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueseenfermar—
2LatininfirmoI weaken, enfeeble, deprive of strength; I...
3Latinīnfirmus—
4Latinīn-—
5Latinîn—
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “enfermar”

  • enfermar
  • enfermo
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →