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Where does “ascensor” come from?

ascensor (Portuguese) comes from Latin ascensor, from Latin ascendo, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

ascensor (Portuguese): lift

Definitions

  1. lift

Ancestry of “ascensor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinascensorA person who ascends; rider, charioteer
2LatinascendoI climb up, I go up, I move upwards; I rise,...
3Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
4Latinīn-—
5Latinîn—
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “ascensor”

  • ascensorista
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →