Where does “subir” come from?
subir (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese subir, from Latin subire, from Latin subeo, from Latin eō, from Proto-Italic eō, from Proto-Italic ejō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- — to go.
subir (Portuguese): to ascend, to go up; to climb; to upload
Definitions
- to ascend, to go up; to climb; to upload
Ancestry of “subir”, step by step
subir traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old Portuguese subir
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | subir | — |
| 2 | Latin | subire | present active infinitive of subeō |
| 3 | Latin | subeo | I go under, come under; enter; I go up to,... |
| 4 | Latin | eō | to go, to fare, to move (oneself) (any kind of animate or inanimate motion: walk, ride, sail, fly, etc.) |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | eō | I go |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | ejō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éyti | to go, to be going |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ey- | to go |
via Old Portuguese sobir
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | sobir | — |