Where does “bifurcarse” come from?

bifurcarse (Spanish) comes from Vulgar Latin bifurcare, from Latin bifurcatus, from Latin furcātus, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

bifurcarse (Spanish): to split, divide, fork, branch off

Definitions

  1. to split, divide, fork, branch off

Ancestry of “bifurcarse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinbifurcare—
2Latinbifurcatusforked in two; bifurcated
3Latinfurcātusforked
4Latin-ātused
5Proto-Italic-ātos—
6Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality

Words derived from “bifurcarse”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →Every word from Latin -ātus →Every word from Latin furcātus →