Etymology

reata

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Today it means: A lariat or lasso. Full definition →

Spanish reata ← Old Spanish atar ← Latin aptō
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Spanishre-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ptós
  6. Proto-Italic*aptos
  7. Latinaptus
  8. Proto-Indo-European[Term?]
  9. Proto-Italic*apjō
  10. Latinapiō
  11. Latinaptō
  12. Old Spanishatar
  13. Spanishatar
  14. Spanishreatardeverb.
  15. Spanishreata
  16. English todayreata

Borrowed from Spanish reata.

Words from the same roots

Spanishreata all →

riata

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