Where does “assostar” come from?

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

assostar (Occitan): to protect

Definitions

  1. to protect

Ancestry of “assostar”, step by step

assostar 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 sosta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Occitansostashelter; cover
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂éd →Every word from Proto-Italic ad →Every word from Latin ad →