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Where does “dale” come from?

dale (Spanish) comes from Spanish abajo, from Spanish bajo, from Latin Bassus, from Ancient Greek βάσις, from Proto-Hellenic gʷə́tis, from Proto-Indo-European gʷémtis, from Proto-Indo-European gʷem- — to step.

dale (Spanish): Compound of the informal second-person singular ...

Definitions

  1. Compound of the informal second-person singular ...

Ancestry of “dale”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishabajodown; downstairs; below
2Spanishbajoshort; low, ground; low, bottom, poor
3LatinBassus—
4Ancient Greekβάσιςstep; rhythm; foot
5Proto-Hellenicgʷə́tisstep
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʷémtisstep, act of walking
7Proto-Indo-Europeangʷem-to step

Words derived from “dale”

  • dale la vuelta
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