Where does “atañer” come from?
atañer (Spanish) comes from Vulgar Latin attangere, from Latin attingere, from Latin tangō, from Proto-Italic *tangō, from Proto-Indo-European denḱ- — to bite.
atañer (Spanish): to concern
Ancestry of “atañer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | attangere | — |
| 2 | Latin | attingere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 3 | Latin | tangō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *tangō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | denḱ- | to bite |