Where does “colmatar” come from?

colmatar (Portuguese) comes from French colmater, from French colmate, from Italian colmata, from Latin cumulāre.

colmatar (Portuguese): to fill; to bridge; to rectify; to correct

Definitions

  1. to fill; to bridge; to rectify; to correct

Ancestry of “colmatar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcolmaterto fill in; to plug; to fill up
2Frenchcolmatefirst-person singular present indicative of...
3Italiancolmatafeminine singular of colmato; filled
4Latincumulāre

Words derived from “colmatar

Every word from Latin cumulāreEvery word from Italian colmataEvery word from French colmate
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