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Where does “empollar” come from?

empollar (Spanish) comes from Spanish en, from Old Spanish en, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

empollar (Spanish): to incubate, brood; swot

Definitions

  1. to incubate, brood; swot

Ancestry of “empollar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishenin, at, on; in; used after some verbs and...
2Old Spanishen—
3Latinîn—
4Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →