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Where does “apostar” come from?

apostar (Portuguese) comes from Latin appositāre, from Latin appositus, from Latin adponere, from Latin apponere, from Latin appono, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.

apostar (Portuguese): to bet; to invest

Definitions

  1. to bet; to invest

Ancestry of “apostar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinappositāre—
2Latinappositusappointed, assigned; adjacent, near; appropriate,...
3Latinadponeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
4Latinapponeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
5LatinapponoI appoint, assign; I place near, set before ,...
6Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
7Latinīn-—
8Latinîn—
9Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
10Proto-Italicenin
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “apostar”

  • apostador
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