Where does “enterrar” come from?
enterrar (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese enterrar, from Vulgar Latin interrare, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
enterrar (Portuguese): to bury, inter, entomb
Ancestry of “enterrar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | enterrar | — |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | interrare | to put in earth; present active infinitive of... |
| 3 | Latin | în | — |
| 4 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
Words derived from “enterrar”