Where does “apalear” come from?
apalear (Spanish) comes from Spanish A, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.
apalear (Spanish): to hit with a spade; to beat up; thrash
Definitions
- to hit with a spade; to beat up; thrash
Ancestry of “apalear”, step by step
apalear 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 palo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | palo | stake, stick, wood; suit; pale |
| 2 | Latin | pālus | swamp, marsh, morass, bog, fen, pool |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | pākslos | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₂ǵ-slos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₂ǵ- | to attach |