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Where does “procurar” come from?

procurar (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese procurar, from Late Latin procurare, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro-, from Proto-Indo-European por-, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.

procurar (Portuguese): to search; to seek; to look for; to reach out; to...

Definitions

  1. to search; to seek; to look for; to reach out; to...

Ancestry of “procurar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueseprocurar—
2Late Latinprocurarepresent active infinitive of prōcūrō;...
3Latinprō-—
4Proto-Italic*pro-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
7Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

Words derived from “procurar”

  • procuração
  • procura
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