Where does “aguaitar” come from?
aguaitar (Spanish) comes from English wait, from Middle English waiten, from Anglo-Norman waiter, from Frankish wahtwēn, from Frankish wahtu, from Proto-Germanic wahtwō, from Proto-Germanic wakaną, from Proto-Indo-European weǵ- — lively, awake; strong.
aguaitar (Spanish): to pay attention, take care; to look; to spy on
Definitions
- to pay attention, take care; to look; to spy on
Ancestry of “aguaitar”, step by step
aguaitar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English wait
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | wait | To delay movement or action until the arrival or... |
| 2 | Middle English | waiten | to look at, behold |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | waiter | — |
| 4 | Frankish | wahtwēn | to guard, protect; to keep watch |
| 5 | Frankish | wahtu | watch, guard; watch, guard duty, watchtower;... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | wahtwō | watch, vigil |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | wakaną | to wake, be awake, arise |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | weǵ- | lively, awake; strong |
via Catalan aguaitar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | aguaitar | to pay attention; to spy on, to prowl; to observe |
| 2 | Catalan | a- | a-; Used to make verbs from adjectives and nouns |
| 3 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 4 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 5 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 6 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |