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Where does “adivinador” come from?

adivinador (Spanish) comes from Spanish adivinar, from Old Spanish adevinar, from Latin addivināre, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

adivinador (Spanish): divining, foretelling; guessing, guesswork;...

Definitions

  1. divining, foretelling; guessing, guesswork;...

Ancestry of “adivinador”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishadivinarto guess; to divine, to foretell
2Old Spanishadevinar—
3Latinaddivināre—
4Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
5Latinīn-—
6Latinîn—
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
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