Where does “yacer” come from?
yacer (Spanish) comes from Latin iacere, from Latin iaceō, from Latin -eō, from Proto-Italic -ēō, from Proto-Italic -ējō, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₁yeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
yacer (Spanish): to lie; to recline
Definitions
- to lie; to recline
Ancestry of “yacer”, step by step
yacer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin iacere
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | iacere | present active infinitive of iaciō; second-person... |
| 2 | Latin | iaceō | to lie prostrate, lie down; recline |
| 3 | Latin | -eō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -ēō | Forms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -ējō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₁yeti | Thematicization of the athematic stative verbal... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |