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Where does “aturdir” come from?

aturdir (Portuguese) comes from Spanish aturdir, from Spanish atordir, from Catalan a-, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos.

aturdir (Portuguese): to stun; to shock; to surprise; to stun

Definitions

  1. to stun; to shock; to surprise; to stun

Ancestry of “aturdir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishaturdirto stun, to daze, to dumbfound
2SpanishatordirArchaic form of aturdir
3Catalana-a-; Used to make verbs from adjectives and nouns
4LatinAd—
5Latinilliche, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that...
6Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
7LatinolleArchaic form of ille
8Proto-Italic*olnos—
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