Where does “encontrar” come from?
encontrar (Old Portuguese) comes from Late Latin incontrare, from Latin contra, from Latin rota, from Proto-Italic rotā, from Proto-Indo-European Hróth₂-eh₂, from Proto-Indo-European Hreth₂- — to run.
Ancestry of “encontrar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | incontrare | — |
| 2 | Latin | contra | against; opposite to; contrary to |
| 3 | Latin | rota | wheel; a car, a chariot; the disc of the sun |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | rotā | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | Hróth₂-eh₂ | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreth₂- | to run |