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Where does “embriagar” come from?

embriagar (Spanish) comes from Spanish embriago, from Late Latin ebriacus, from Latin ēbrius, from Proto-Indo-European h₁egʷʰ- — to drink.

embriagar (Spanish): to intoxicate, inebriate, get drunk

Definitions

  1. to intoxicate, inebriate, get drunk

Ancestry of “embriagar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishembriago
2Late Latinebriacusdrunk, intoxicated; drunken
3Latinēbrius—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁egʷʰ-to drink

Words derived from “embriagar”

  • embriagante
  • embriagador
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