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Where does “acechar” come from?

acechar (Spanish) comes from Latin assector, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

acechar (Spanish): to lurk, to lie in wait for, waylay, watch out...

Definitions

  1. to lurk, to lie in wait for, waylay, watch out...

Ancestry of “acechar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinassectorI attend someone eagerly, accompany, follow, wait...
2Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
3Latinīn-—
4Latinîn—
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “acechar”

  • acechador
  • acecho
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →