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Where does “assentir” come from?

assentir (Portuguese) comes from Latin assentio, from Latin sentiō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

assentir (Portuguese): to assent; to consent; to agree

Definitions

  1. to assent; to consent; to agree

Ancestry of “assentir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinassentioI assent or approve; I agree
2Latinsentiō—
3Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
4Latin-tōrius—
5Latin-tor-er
6Proto-Italic-tōr—
7Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
8Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “assentir”

  • assentimento
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