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Where does “ocurrente” come from?

ocurrente (Spanish) comes from Latin occurrente, from Latin occurrens, from Latin occurrō, from Latin ob-, from Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός, from Ancient Greek ὀβελός, from Ancient Greek βέλος — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.

ocurrente (Spanish): occurrent; saying, meaning, showing or doing...

Definitions

  1. occurrent; saying, meaning, showing or doing...

Ancestry of “ocurrente”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinoccurrenteablative masculine singular of occurrēns;...
2Latinoccurrensrushing; opposing; occurring
3Latinoccurrō—
4Latinob-towards; against
5Latinobolusobolus
6Ancient Greekὀβολόςobol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and...
7Ancient Greekὀβελόςa spit, rod; a horizontal line
8Ancient Greekβέλοςmissile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly...
9Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷélHos—
10Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷelH-to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing
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