Where does “akaparador” come from?
akaparador (Tagalog) comes from Spanish acaparador, from Spanish acaparar, from French accaparer, from Italian accaparrare, from Italian a-, from Italian staccare, from Italian distaccare, from Middle French destacher — to cover; pole, stick, beam.
akaparador (Tagalog): hoarder
Definitions
- hoarder
Ancestry of “akaparador”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | acaparador | hoarder |
| 2 | Spanish | acaparar | to hoard |
| 3 | French | accaparer | to monopolize, to corner; to occupy, to grab, to... |
| 4 | Italian | accaparrare | to hoard; to secure; to gain |
| 5 | Italian | a- | ad-; a- |
| 6 | Italian | staccare | to remove, take or take down; to tear out; to... |
| 7 | Italian | distaccare | to separate; to remove, detach, or take off; to... |
| 8 | Middle French | destacher | to detach; to separate |
| 9 | Old French | destachier | to detach; to separate |
| 10 | Old French | atachier | to attach |
| 11 | Old French | estachier | Alternative form of atachier; bind; to fasten... |
| 12 | Old French | estache | stake; strap |
| 13 | Medieval Latin | staca | a stake |
| 14 | Gothic | 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌺𐌰 | — |
| 15 | Proto-Germanic | stakô | stake |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)teg- | to cover; pole, stick, beam |