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Where does “atajo” come from?

atajo (Spanish) comes from Spanish atajar, from Spanish á-, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

atajo (Spanish): shortcut, cutoff; shortcut; shortcut, keyboard...

Definitions

  1. shortcut, cutoff; shortcut; shortcut, keyboard...

Ancestry of “atajo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishatajarto catch; to stop; to block
2Spanishá-—
3Ancient Greekἀ-The alpha privativum, used to make words that...
4Proto-Hellenichə-same; together
5Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥-one; with, together
6Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one
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