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

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

Ancestry of “acechar”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	assector	I attend someone eagerly, accompany, follow, wait...
2	Latin	ad-	to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
3	Latin	īn-	un-, non-, not
4	Latin	în	in, at, on, upon, from (space)
5	Latin	en	lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6	Proto-Italic	en	in
7	Proto-Indo-European	h₁én	in

Words derived from “acechar”

acechador
acecho
acechante
acechanza
acechal

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Latin ad- →