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Where does “arriscar” come from?

arriscar (Spanish) comes from Spanish risco, from Vulgar Latin *resecum, from Latin reseco, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro- — passed , crossed.

arriscar (Spanish): to risk; to fall off a cliff

Definitions

  1. to risk; to fall off a cliff

Ancestry of “arriscar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishriscocrack; cliff; crag
2Vulgar Latin*resecum—
3LatinresecoI cut off or loose; I curtail, stop; I check,...
4Latinrĕ-—
5Latinprōdūcō—
6Latinprō-—
7Proto-Italic*pro-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
10Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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