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Where does “sozobrar” come from?

sozobrar (Old Spanish) comes from Old Catalan sotsobrar, from Catalan sotsobre, from Catalan sobre, from Latin super, from Latin eks-uper, from Proto-Indo-European upéri, from Proto-Indo-European upér, from Proto-Indo-European upó.

Ancestry of “sozobrar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Catalansotsobrar—
2Catalansotsobre—
3Catalansobreon, on top of; over, above; about
4Latinsuper"accusative" above, on the top of, upon;...
5Latineks-uper—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanupérialternative reconstruction of *upér
7Proto-Indo-Europeanupérabove; over
8Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—

Words derived from “sozobrar”

  • zozobrar
  • soçobrar
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