Where does “quebrar” come from?
quebrar (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese quebrar, from Latin crepō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱorh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.
quebrar (Portuguese): to break; to fracture a bone; to break down
Definitions
- to break; to fracture a bone; to break down
Ancestry of “quebrar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | quebrar | — |
| 2 | Latin | crepō | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorh₂- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
Words derived from “quebrar”