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Where does “averiguar” come from?

averiguar (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish averiguar, from Latin vērificō, from Latin vērus, from Proto-Italic wēros, from Proto-Indo-European weh₁ros, from Proto-Indo-European weh₁- — true.

averiguar (Spanish): to find out, to figure out, to work out; to to...

Definitions

  1. to find out, to figure out, to work out; to to...

Ancestry of “averiguar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishaveriguar—
2Latinvērificō—
3Latinvērus—
4Proto-Italicwērostrue
5Proto-Indo-Europeanweh₁rostrue
6Proto-Indo-Europeanweh₁-true

Words derived from “averiguar”

  • averiguación
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weh₁- →