Where does “amenguar” come from?
amenguar (Spanish) comes from Spanish A, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.
amenguar (Spanish): to diminish
Ancestry of “amenguar”, step by step
amenguar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 menguar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Spanish | menguar | to wane; to decrease, diminish |
| 2 | Latin | minuō | to make smaller, lessen, diminish, reduce, minimize |