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Where does “hallar” come from?

hallar (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish fallar, from Latin afflare, from Latin afflo, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

hallar (Spanish): to find; to strike

Definitions

  1. to find; to strike

Ancestry of “hallar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishfallar—
2Latinafflarepresent active infinitive of afflō; second-person...
3LatinaffloI blow, breathe
4Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
5Latinīn-—
6Latinîn—
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “hallar”

  • hallazgo
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →