Where does “enlaciar” come from?

enlaciar (Spanish) comes from Spanish lacio, from Old Spanish llacio, from Latin flaccidus, from Latin flacceō, from Latin -eō, from Proto-Italic -ēō, from Proto-Italic -ējō, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₁yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

enlaciar (Spanish): to straighten

Definitions

  1. to straighten

Ancestry of “enlaciar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishlaciolimp, flaccid, flabby; limp; languid
2Old Spanishllacio
3Latinflaccidusflaccid, flabby, pendulous; languid, feeble, weak
4Latinflacceōto be flabby or flaccid
5Latin-eō
6Proto-Italic-ēōForms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;...
7Proto-Italic-ējō
8Proto-Indo-European-éh₁yetiThematicization of the athematic stative verbal...
9Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yetiEvery word from Latin -eōEvery word from Latin flacceō
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