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Where does “embeber” come from?

embeber (Portuguese) comes from Latin imbibō, from Latin bibō, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

embeber (Portuguese): to soak, impregnate

Definitions

  1. to soak, impregnate

Ancestry of “embeber”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinimbibō—
2Latinbibō—
3Latin-ilis-ile
4Proto-Italic-elis—
5Proto-Indo-European-elis—
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →