Where does “arredrar” come from?
arredrar (Spanish) comes from Spanish arredro, from Old Spanish arriedro, from Vulgar Latin ad retro, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.
arredrar (Spanish): to frighten; to scare; scare off
Definitions
- to frighten; to scare; scare off
Ancestry of “arredrar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | arredro | back, backward, aback |
| 2 | Old Spanish | arriedro | — |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | ad retro | to the rear |
| 4 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 5 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 6 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 7 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |