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Where does “subir” come from?

subir (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese subir, from Latin subire, from Latin subeo, from Latin eō, from Proto-Italic eō, from Proto-Italic ejō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- — to go.

subir (Galician): to ascend, go up; to climb; to mount

Definitions

  1. to ascend, go up; to climb; to mount

Ancestry of “subir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesesubir—
2Latinsubirepresent active infinitive of subeō
3LatinsubeoI go under, come under; enter; I go up to,...
4Latineō—
5Proto-ItaliceōI go
6Proto-Italicejō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go
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