Where does “aquelar” come from?

aquelar (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese aquele, from Old Portuguese aquele, from Vulgar Latin eccu ille, from Latin eccum, from Latin ecce, from Latin -ce, from Proto-Italic ke, from Indo-European *ḱe.

aquelar (Portuguese): a wildcard verb, used to replace mostly any other verb, in an informal context

Definitions

a wildcard verb, used to replace mostly any other verb, in an informal context

Ancestry of “aquelar”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Portuguese	aquele	that; that over there, yon
2	Old Portuguese	aquele	—
3	Vulgar Latin	eccu ille	—
4	Latin	eccum	behold him; here!, look!
5	Latin	ecce	see!, look!, behold!, points out something with...
6	Latin	-ce	affixed, usually to demonstratives, forming...
7	Proto-Italic	ke	here
8	Indo-European	*ḱe	—

Every word from Indo-European *ḱe →Every word from Latin -ce →Every word from Proto-Italic ke →