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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

Definitions

  1. to bog down

Ancestry of “atolar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishatollarto hit; whack; to get stuck in a jam
2Spanishá-—
3Ancient Greekἀ-The alpha privativum, used to make words that...
4Proto-Hellenichə-same; together
5Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥-one; with, together
6Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one

Words derived from “atolar”

  • atoleiro
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sem- →