Where does “variar” come from?
variar (Galician) comes from Latin variāre, from Latin varius, from Latin vārus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂wer-, from Proto-Indo-European wēr-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.
variar (Galician): to vary; first/third-person singular future...
Definitions
- to vary; first/third-person singular future...
Ancestry of “variar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | variāre | — |
| 2 | Latin | varius | diverse, different, various, variegated |
| 3 | Latin | vārus | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂wer- | to lift up; to moisten; to flow; to raise, hang |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wēr- | true |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |
Words derived from “variar”