Where does “atar” come from?

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

atar (Spanish): to tie, tie up, tie down, to tether

Definitions

  1. to tie, tie up, tie down, to tether

Ancestry of “atar”, step by step

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

Words derived from “atar

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ep-
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