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Where does “enterrar” come from?

enterrar (Old Portuguese) comes from Vulgar Latin interrare, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

Ancestry of “enterrar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latininterrareto put in earth; present active infinitive of...
2Latinîn—
3Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
4Proto-Italicenin
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “enterrar”

  • enterramento
  • enterrar
  • enterrado
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →