Where does “sobre” come from?

sobre (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish sobre, from Latin super, from Latin eks-uper, from Proto-Indo-European upéri, from Proto-Indo-European upér, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.

sobre (Spanish): over, above, on, upon, atop; about; envelope

Definitions

  1. over, above, on, upon, atop; about; envelope

Ancestry of “sobre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishsobre—
2Latinsuper"accusative" above, on the top of, upon;...
3Latineks-uper—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanupérialternative reconstruction of *upér
5Proto-Indo-Europeanupérabove; over
6Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—

Words derived from “sobre”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European upó →Every word from Proto-Indo-European upér →
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