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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

  1. to tear, to rip; to split, to cleave; to splinter

Ancestry of “rachar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianreachar—
2Galicianachachip, sliver, splinter; billet
3Old Portugueseacha—
4Vulgar Latinasclasliver; Sliver, splint, splinter, chip, or spall
5Latinastula—
6Latinassulasplinter, shaving, chip, shiver; shingle
7Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
8Proto-Italic-olos—
9Proto-Italic-elos—
10Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
11Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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