Where does “adubar” come from?

adubar (Portuguese) comes from French adouber, from Old French adober, from Proto-Germanic dubilaz, from Proto-Germanic dubjaną, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.

adubar (Portuguese): to fertilize

Definitions

  1. to fertilize

Ancestry of “adubar”, step by step

adubar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French adouber

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchadouberto dub; to name; to adjust a piece in a board...
2Old Frenchadoberto dub; to equip; to equip oneself
3Proto-Germanicdubilazpeg; dowel
4Proto-Germanicdubjanąto fit
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewbʰ-deep
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze

via Vulgar Latin *addubo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latin*addubo—
2Frankishdubban—

Words derived from “adubar”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic dubjaną →