encorajar.
to encourage
Meaning & usage
to encourage
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old Galician-Portuguese en- Portuguese en- Old Occitan coratgebor. Proto-Indo-European *ḱerd- Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr ~ *ḱr̥dés Proto-Italic *kord Latin corder. Latin *corem Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Vulgar Latin *corāticum Old French coragebor. Portuguese coragem Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old Galician-Portuguese -ar Portuguese -ar Portuguese encorajar From en- + coragem + -ar.
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