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Where does “bel” come from?

bel (Catalan) comes from Catalan belar, from Latin bēlāre, from Latin bālāre.

bel (Catalan): baa, bleat

Definitions

  1. baa, bleat

Ancestry of “bel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanbelarto baa, to bleat
2Latinbēlāre—
3Latinbālāre—
Every word from Latin bālāre →