Where does “bavalles” come from?

bavalles (Catalan) comes from Catalan -alla, from Latin -ālia, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.

bavalles (Catalan): slobber, spittle

Definitions

  1. slobber, spittle

Ancestry of “bavalles”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalan-allaused to create collective nouns, often pejorative
2Latin-ālia
3Latin-ālis
4Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives
Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis
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