Where does “catar” come from?

catar (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish catar, from Late Latin catto, from Latin captō, from Latin capiō, from Proto-Italic kapiō, from Proto-Italic kapjō, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂pyéti, from Proto-Indo-European keh₂p- — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...

catar (Spanish): to taste; to sample; to examine, look at

Definitions

  1. to taste; to sample; to examine, look at

Ancestry of “catar”, step by step

catar traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Spanish catar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishcatar
2Late Latincatto
3Latincaptōto strive to seize, catch or grasp at
4Latincapiōto take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm
5Proto-Italickapiōtake
6Proto-Italickapjōtake, seize
7Proto-Indo-Europeankh₂pyéti
8Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂p-to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...

via Latin captāre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincaptāre
2Latincaperepresent active infinitive of capiō; second-person...

via Arabic قَطَر

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ArabicقَطَرQatar

Words derived from “catar

Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂p-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kh₂pyétiEvery word from Proto-Italic kapjō