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

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

Ancestry of “atajo”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Spanish	atajar	to catch; to stop; to block
2	Spanish	á-	a-, non-, -less
3	Ancient Greek	ἀ-	The alpha privativum, used to make words that...
4	Proto-Hellenic	hə-	same; together
5	Proto-Indo-European	sm̥-	one; with, together
6	Proto-Indo-European	sem-	together, one

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