Where does “arriba” come from?

arriba (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese arriba, from Latin ad, from Proto-Italic ad, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éd — to, at.

arriba (Portuguese): up; cliff; come on!

Definitions

  1. up; cliff; come on!

Ancestry of “arriba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesearriba—
2Latinadtoward, to; up to; near, by, close by, at, to
3Proto-Italicadtoward, to, on, up to, for
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂édto, at
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂éd →Every word from Proto-Italic ad →Every word from Latin ad →