verb/eɾˈɡiɾ/
to elevate, lift up, erect; to tower over, stand
Synonyms: alzar, erigir, levantar, subir
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₃réǵeti Proto-Italic *regō Latin regō Classical Latin ērigō Vulgar Latin *ergō Old Spanish erzerder. Old Spanish yergoinflu. Spanish erguir Inherited from Old Spanish erzer, from Vulgar Latin *ergere, from Latin ērigere. The modern Spanish verb was rebuilt based on the conjugation yergo (“I r