Where does “sobrealimentar” come from?
sobrealimentar (Spanish) comes from Galician alimentar, from Galician -ar, from Galician ar, from Old Portuguese aar, from Old Portuguese aere, from Latin āēr, from Ancient Greek ἀήρ, from Ancient Greek auhḗr.
sobrealimentar (Spanish): to overfeed
Definitions
- to overfeed
Ancestry of “sobrealimentar”, step by step
sobrealimentar traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Galician alimentar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galician | alimentar | to feed |
| 2 | Galician | -ar | -ar; Used to form first conjugation verbs... |
| 3 | Galician | ar | air; furthermore, in addition; never |
| 4 | Old Portuguese | aar | — |
| 5 | Old Portuguese | aere | — |
| 6 | Latin | āēr | air |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἀήρ | mist; air; wind |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | auhḗr | — |
via Catalan alimentar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | alimentar | to feed; to nourish; to supply |
| 2 | Catalan | aliment | food |
| 3 | Latin | alimentum | food, nourishment, sustenance; obligation to... |
| 4 | Latin | alō | to feed, to nourish, to nurture |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | alō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂életi | to be nourishing |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂el- | to grow, nourish; beyond, other; to wander, roam |
via Spanish alimentar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | alimentar | to feed |
| 2 | Spanish | -ar | In adjectives, indicating membership or status;... |
| 3 | Old Spanish | -ar | indicates membership or status |
| 4 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |