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Where does “choque” come from?

choque (Spanish) comes from English shock, from French choquer, from German schockieren, from Spanish chocar, from Portuguese chocar, from Russian шоки́ровать, from Russian -и́ровать, from German -ieren — he, she.

choque (Spanish): collision, accident

Definitions

  1. collision, accident

Ancestry of “choque”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishshockA sudden, heavy impact; A discontinuity arising...
2Frenchchoquerto hit, to collide; to shock
3Germanschockieren—
4Spanishchocarto crash; to bump into, to collide with; to...
5Portuguesechocarto brood; to hatch; to linger
6Russianшоки́ровать—
7Russian-и́ровать—
8German-ierenVerb suffix: it and its inflected forms are found...
9French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
10English-erA person or thing that does an action indicated...
11Middle English-eragentive suffix; agent noun suffix
12Old French-erAlternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;...
13Latin-āre—
14Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
15Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
16Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
17Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
18Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “choque”

  • antichoque
  • parachoques
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