Where does “abelir” come from?

abelir (Occitan) comes from Occitan a, from Latin ad, from Proto-Italic ad, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éd — to, at.

abelir (Occitan): to embellish

Definitions

  1. to embellish

Ancestry of “abelir”, step by step

abelir traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Occitan a

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Occitanato; at; a
2Latinadtoward, to; up to; near, by, close by, at, to
3Proto-Italicadtoward, to, on, up to, for
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂édto, at

via Occitan bel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Occitanbel—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂éd →Every word from Proto-Italic ad →Every word from Latin ad →