Where does “afundar” come from?
afundar (Portuguese) comes from Asturian afondar, from Vulgar Latin affundare, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.
afundar (Portuguese): to sink; to dunk, to slam dunk
Definitions
- to sink; to dunk, to slam dunk
Ancestry of “afundar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Asturian | afondar | to sink; to get deeper into |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | affundare | second-person singular present passive... |
| 3 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 4 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 5 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 6 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |