Where does “despertar” come from?
despertar (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese despertar, from Old Portuguese espertar, from Vulgar Latin expertare, from Latin expertus, from Latin experior, from Latin pariō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō — he, she.
despertar (Portuguese): to awake; to go off; to awaken somebody
Definitions
- to awake; to go off; to awaken somebody
Ancestry of “despertar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | despertar | — |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | espertar | — |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | expertare | — |
| 4 | Latin | expertus | tested; having tested; proved; having proven;... |
| 5 | Latin | experior | I attempt, I try; I test, I put to the test, I... |
| 6 | Latin | pariō | to bear, to give birth to |
| 7 | Latin | -iō | — |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | -jō | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |