Where does “sobre” come from?

sobre (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese sobre, from Latin super, from Latin eks-uper, from Proto-Indo-European upéri, from Proto-Indo-European upér, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.

sobre (Portuguese): on; atop; on top of; over; above; about;...

Definitions

  1. on; atop; on top of; over; above; about;...

Ancestry of “sobre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesesobre—
2Latinsuper"accusative" above, on the top of, upon;...
3Latineks-uper—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanupérialternative reconstruction of *upér
5Proto-Indo-Europeanupérabove; over
6Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European upó →Every word from Proto-Indo-European upér →