Where does “usurpieren” come from?
usurpieren (German) comes from Spanish usurpar, from Portuguese usurpar, from Italian usurpare, from Latin ūsurpō, from Latin ūsus, from Latin ūtor, from Proto-Slavic *ǫtorъ, from Proto-Slavic torъ — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.
usurpieren (German): to usurp
Ancestry of “usurpieren”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | usurpar | to usurp |
| 2 | Portuguese | usurpar | to usurp |
| 3 | Italian | usurpare | to usurp, to take over |
| 4 | Latin | ūsurpō | — |
| 5 | Latin | ūsus | — |
| 6 | Latin | ūtor | — |
| 7 | Proto-Slavic | *ǫtorъ | — |
| 8 | Proto-Slavic | torъ | — |
| 9 | Proto-Slavic | terti | to rub, to scrape; to polish |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₁- | to rub, turn; to drill, pierce |