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Where does “arriscar” come from?

arriscar (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese risco, from Spanish risco, from Vulgar Latin *resecum, from Latin reseco, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro- — passed , crossed.

arriscar (Portuguese): to risk; to venture, hazard; to imperil

Definitions

  1. to risk; to venture, hazard; to imperil

Ancestry of “arriscar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseriscoline; scratch; a draft of a blueprint
2Spanishriscocrack; cliff; crag
3Vulgar Latin*resecum—
4LatinresecoI cut off or loose; I curtail, stop; I check,...
5Latinrĕ-—
6Latinprōdūcō—
7Latinprō-—
8Proto-Italic*pro-—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
11Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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