verb/konfisˈkaɾ/
to confiscate
Related: confiscatorio
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin fiscus 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 cōnfiscārebor. Spanish confiscar Borrowed from Latin cōnfiscāre (“declare property of the fisc”).