Where does “loita” come from?

loita (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese luita, from Late Latin lucta, from Latin luctor, from Proto-Indo-European lewǵ- — to break, tear; to break, shatter.

loita (Galician): fight, struggle; wrestling

Definitions

  1. fight, struggle; wrestling

Ancestry of “loita”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueseluita—
2Late Latinlucta—
3LatinluctorI struggle, wrestle, fight
4Proto-Indo-Europeanlewǵ-to break, tear; to break, shatter
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewǵ- →Every word from Latin luctor →Every word from Late Latin lucta →