Where does “empalar” come from?

empalar (Portuguese) comes from Spanish empalar, from Latin impālāre, from Latin pālus, from Proto-Italic pākslos, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ǵ-slos, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ǵ- — to attach.

empalar (Portuguese): to impale

Definitions

  1. to impale

Ancestry of “empalar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishempalarto impale
2Latinimpālāre
3Latinpālusswamp, marsh, morass, bog, fen, pool
4Proto-Italicpākslos
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂ǵ-slos
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂ǵ-to attach
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ǵ-
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