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Where does “desarrollar” come from?

desarrollar (Spanish) comes from Spanish arrollar, from Spanish rollo, from Latin rotulus, from Latin rotula, from Arabic رَطْل, from Classical Syriac ܪܝܛܠܐ, from Classical Syriac ܠܝܛܪܐ, from French litre.

desarrollar (Spanish): to develop

Definitions

  1. to develop

Ancestry of “desarrollar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanisharrollarto dumbfound; to roll, to roll away; to sweep...
2Spanishrolloroll; coil; reel
3LatinrotulusAlternative form of rotula; roll; roll of paper
4Latinrotulaa small wheel; roll
5Arabicرَطْل—
6Classical Syriacܪܝܛܠܐ—
7Classical Syriacܠܝܛܪܐlibra, pound
8Frenchlitrelitre
9Medieval Latinlitra—
10Ancient Greekλίτραlitra, a Sicilian silver coin; libra, a unit of...
11Proto-Italic*līðrā—
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