Where does “por” come from?

por (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish por, from Vulgar Latin por, from Latin prō, from Latin ratus, from Latin rēōr, from Proto-Italic rēōr, from Proto-Indo-European h₂reh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- — to fit, to fix, to put together.

por (Spanish): by; for; through, out, via

Definitions

  1. by; for; through, out, via

Ancestry of “por”, step by step

por traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Spanish por

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishpor
2Vulgar Latinporfor
3Latinprōfor
4Latinratusconsidered, having been considered; established,...
5Latinrēōrto reckon, calculate
6Proto-Italicrēōrto reckon, to calculate; to think, to deem, to...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂reh₁-to think, reason; to arrange
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

via Late Latin pōr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinpōr

Words derived from “por

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er-