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
- to fill; to bridge; to rectify; to correct
Ancestry of “colmatar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | colmater | to fill in; to plug; to fill up |
| 2 | French | colmate | first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 3 | Italian | colmata | feminine singular of colmato; filled |
| 4 | Latin | cumulāre | — |