apoyar
/apoˈʝaɾ/ · A2 · verb
to support, to get behind
🦯 a- + poyo (stone bench, from Latin podium) = to rest something on a base
From Italian appoggiare, built on Latin podium, a raised base — the same root as English podium. A speaker leans on a podium; to apoyar a cause is to be the base under it, keeping it from falling.