Where does “apagador” come from?

apagador (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese apagar, from Vulgar Latin appacare, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

apagador (Portuguese): eraser chalkboard eraser

Definitions

  1. eraser chalkboard eraser

Ancestry of “apagador”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseapagarto put out; to extinguish to stop something from burning
2Vulgar Latinappacarepresent active infinitive of *appācō
3Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
4Latinīn-un-, non-, not
5Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Latin ad-