Where does “atolar” come from?
atolar (Portuguese) comes from Spanish atollar, from Spanish á-, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.
atolar (Portuguese): to bog down
Ancestry of “atolar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | atollar | to hit; whack; to get stuck in a jam |
| 2 | Spanish | á- | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 4 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |
Words derived from “atolar”