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Where does “descontrolar” come from?

descontrolar (Spanish) comes from Spanish descontrol, from Spanish control, from French contrôle, from Old French contrerole, from Medieval Latin contrarotulum, from Medieval Latin rotulus, from Latin rotula, from Arabic رَطْل.

descontrolar (Spanish): to lose control, to lack control; to spin out of...

Definitions

  1. to lose control, to lack control; to spin out of...

Ancestry of “descontrolar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishdescontrola lack of control or order; unruliness
2Spanishcontrolcontrol, or running of a business; control of a...
3Frenchcontrôlecontrol; test; first-person singular present...
4Old Frenchcontrerole—
5Medieval Latincontrarotuluma counter-roll or register used to verify...
6Medieval Latinrotulusa roll, list, catalogue, schedule, record, a...
7Latinrotulaa small wheel; roll
8Arabicرَطْل—
9Classical Syriacܪܝܛܠܐ—
10Classical Syriacܠܝܛܪܐlibra, pound
11Frenchlitrelitre
12Medieval Latinlitra—
13Ancient Greekλίτραlitra, a Sicilian silver coin; libra, a unit of...
14Proto-Italic*līðrā—
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