Where does “rachar” come from?
rachar (Galician) comes from Galician reachar, from Galician acha, from Old Portuguese acha, from Vulgar Latin ascla, from Latin astula, from Latin assula, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
rachar (Galician): to tear, to rip; to split, to cleave; to splinter
Definitions
- to tear, to rip; to split, to cleave; to splinter
Ancestry of “rachar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Galician | reachar | — |
| 2 | Galician | acha | chip, sliver, splinter; billet |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | acha | — |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | ascla | sliver; Sliver, splint, splinter, chip, or spall |
| 5 | Latin | astula | — |
| 6 | Latin | assula | splinter, shaving, chip, shiver; shingle |
| 7 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -elos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |