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Where does “adversar” come from?

adversar (Spanish) comes from Latin adversor, from Latin adversus, from Latin advertō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

adversar (Spanish): to oppose, to advert

Definitions

  1. to oppose, to advert

Ancestry of “adversar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinadversorI stand opposite; I am against, resist, oppose;...
2Latinadversusset opposite, adverse, having been set against;...
3Latinadvertō—
4Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
5Latinīn-—
6Latinîn—
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →