Where does “anegamiento” come from?
anegamiento (Spanish) comes from Spanish anegar, from Latin adnecāre, from Latin necō, from Latin nex, from Proto-Italic neks, from Proto-Indo-European neḱs, from Proto-Indo-European neḱ- — to perish, disappear.
anegamiento (Spanish): inundation, flooding
Definitions
- inundation, flooding
Ancestry of “anegamiento”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | anegar | to drown, to inundate, to flood |
| 2 | Latin | adnecāre | to kill by drowning |
| 3 | Latin | necō | to kill, murder (especially without physical wounding such as by poison or hunger) |
| 4 | Latin | nex | murder, slaughter, killing; violent death |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | neks | death, slaughter |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | neḱs | death |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | neḱ- | to perish, disappear |