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Where does “limpar” come from?

limpar (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese -ar, from Old Portuguese -ar, from Latin -are, from Latin -o, from Proto-Italic -ōd, from Proto-Indo-European -éad.

limpar (Portuguese): to clean; to remove all contents from a location...

Definitions

  1. to clean; to remove all contents from a location...

Ancestry of “limpar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguese-arforms the impersonal infinitive of...
2Old Portuguese-ar—
3Latin-arepresent active infinitive of -ō; -āre;...
4Latin-oforms masculine agent nouns, positive and...
5Proto-Italic-ōd—
6Proto-Indo-European-éad—

Words derived from “limpar”

  • limpante
  • autolimpante
  • limpa
  • limpa
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éad →