alentar.
to encourage
Meaning & usage
to encourage
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁- Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁-slo- Proto-Italic *anaslos Latin anhēlus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin anhēlō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Vulgar Latin anhēlitus ▲ Vulgar Latin -āre Vulgar Latin *an(h)ēlitāre Vulgar Latin *alēnitāre Spanish alentarbor. Portuguese alentar Borrowed from Spanish alentar, from Vulgar Latin *alēnitāre, a metathetic variant of *an(h)ēlitāre, from anhēlitus (“breathe”) + -āre.
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