Where does “desaguar” come from?
desaguar (Spanish) comes from Portuguese aguar, from Portuguese água, from Old Portuguese agua, from Latin aqua, from Proto-Italic akʷā, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ekʷeh₂ — water, flowing water.
desaguar (Spanish): to drain; to waste
Definitions
- to drain; to waste
Ancestry of “desaguar”, step by step
desaguar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese aguar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | aguar | to water |
| 2 | Portuguese | água | water |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | agua | water |
| 4 | Latin | aqua | water |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | akʷā | water |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ekʷeh₂ | water, flowing water |
via Spanish aguar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | aguar | to water down, dilute |
| 2 | Spanish | -ar | In adjectives, indicating membership or status;... |
| 3 | Old Spanish | -ar | indicates membership or status |
| 4 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |