Where does “aporrear” come from?
aporrear (Spanish) comes from Spanish A, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.
aporrear (Spanish): to club, bludgeon to hit with a club/baton/truncheon/night stick
Definitions
- to club, bludgeon to hit with a club/baton/truncheon/night stick
Ancestry of “aporrear”, step by step
aporrear 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 porra
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Spanish | porra | club, baton, truncheon, night stick; thick type... |
| 2 | Latin | porrum | leek; chives |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥so- | leek |
Words derived from “aporrear”