Where does “Sobre” come from?

Sobre (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese sobre, from Latin super, from Latin eks-uper, from Proto-Indo-European upéri, from Proto-Indo-European upér, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.

Sobre (Portuguese): on; atop; on top of located on the top surface of

Definitions

  1. on; atop; on top of located on the top surface of

Ancestry of “Sobre”, step by step

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

Words derived from “Sobre”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European upó →Every word from Proto-Indo-European upér →