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envejecer.

to get old

9 characters4 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

verb/embexeˈθeɾ/[ẽm.be.xeˈθeɾ]/embexeˈseɾ/[ẽm.be.xeˈseɾ]
  1. to get old

    intransitive
  2. to age

    transitive
  3. to age, grow old

    reflexive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old Spanish en- Spanish en- Proto-Indo-European *wet- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wétos Proto-Italic *wetos Latin vetus Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Classical Latin vetulus Late Latin veclus Old Spanish viejo Spanish viejo Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁sḱeti Proto-Italic *-ēskō Latin -ēscō Old Spanish -ecer Spanish -ecer Spanish envejecer From en- + viejo + -ecer. Compare Portuguese envelhecer, Catalan envellir.

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