Where does “atrasar” come from?
atrasar (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese atrás, from Old Portuguese atras, from Romanian atrage, from Romanian trage, from Vulgar Latin tragere, from Latin trahere, from Latin traho, from Proto-Italic traɣō — to run.
atrasar (Portuguese): to delay
Definitions
- to delay
Ancestry of “atrasar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | atrás | behind; after; ago |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | atras | — |
| 3 | Romanian | atrage | to attract, draw, lure, entice |
| 4 | Romanian | trage | to pull, draw, drag |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | tragere | — |
| 6 | Latin | trahere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | traho | I drag, pull; I trail; I extract, withdraw |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | traɣō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | tregʰ- | to drag, pull?; to run, walk |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰregʰ- | to run |