Where does “atado” come from?

atado (Spanish) comes from Spanish atar, from Latin aptare, from Latin apto, from Latin apo, from Proto-Italic apō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ep- — water, body of water.

atado (Spanish): tied, tied up, tied down; confused; timid

Definitions

  1. tied, tied up, tied down; confused; timid

Ancestry of “atado”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishatarto tie, tie up, tie down, to tether
2Latinaptarepresent active infinitive of aptō; second-person...
3LatinaptoI fasten, fit, apply, adjust; I adapt,...
4LatinapoI fasten; attach, connect; join, bind
5Proto-Italicapō
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ep-water, body of water

Words derived from “atado

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ep-
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