Where does “aligerar” come from?
aligerar (Spanish) comes from Spanish ligero, from Old French legier, from Vulgar Latin leviarius, from Latin levius, from Latin lēvis, from Proto-Italic leɣʷis, from Proto-Indo-European h₁léngʰus, from Proto-Indo-European h₁lengʷʰ- — light.
aligerar (Spanish): to hasten; to accelerate; to lighten
Definitions
- to hasten; to accelerate; to lighten
Ancestry of “aligerar”, step by step
aligerar traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish ligero
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | ligero | light, not heavy |
| 2 | Old French | legier | light; slight |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | leviarius | light |
| 4 | Latin | levius | comparative degree of leviter |
| 5 | Latin | lēvis | light, not heavy |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | leɣʷis | light |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁léngʰus | lightweight |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁lengʷʰ- | light |
via Spanish A
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | A | bishop |
| 2 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 3 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 4 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 5 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |
via Spanish ar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | ar | — |