Where does “roubar” come from?

roubar (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese roubar, from Late Latin raubo, from Proto-West Germanic raubōn, from Proto-Germanic raubōną, from Proto-Indo-European Hrewp-, from Proto-Indo-European Hrew- — to tear out, dig out, open, acquire.

roubar (Portuguese): to steal; to rob; to cheat

Definitions

  1. to steal; to rob; to cheat

Ancestry of “roubar”, step by step

roubar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Portuguese roubar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueseroubar
2Late LatinrauboI rob, plunder
3Proto-West Germanicraubōnto rob, to steal, to plunder
4Proto-Germanicraubōnąto rob, steal, plunder
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanHrewp-to break, tear
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanHrew-to tear out, dig out, open, acquire

via Latin raubāre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinraubāre
2Frankishraubōnto rob, plunder; to rob, to steal, to plunder

Words derived from “roubar

Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hrew-Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hrewp-Every word from Proto-Germanic raubōną
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