Where does “reforzar” come from?

reforzar (Galician) comes from Galician re-, from Old Portuguese re-, from Latin re-, from Proto-Indo-European wret-, from Proto-Indo-European wert-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

reforzar (Galician): to reinforce

Definitions

  1. to reinforce

Ancestry of “reforzar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianre-back; again
2Old Portuguesere-—
3Latinre-back, backwards; again; prefix added to various...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwret-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

Words derived from “reforzar”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wert- →Every word from Latin re- →
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