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Where does “empatar” come from?

empatar (Portuguese) comes from Spanish empatar, from Italian impattare, from Italian impatto, from Latin impāctum, from Latin impingo, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.

empatar (Portuguese): to cause the score of a game or match to become...

Definitions

  1. to cause the score of a game or match to become...

Ancestry of “empatar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishempatarto tie, draw; to connect, join
2Italianimpattareto equalize; to draw; to impact
3Italianimpattoimpact; first-person singular present indicative...
4Latinimpāctum—
5LatinimpingoI push, strike, dash against; I press upon, force...
6Latinīn-—
7Latinîn—
8Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
9Proto-Italicenin
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →