Where does “cerviola” come from?
cerviola (Catalan) comes from Catalan cèrvia, from Latin cervia, from Latin cerva, from Latin cervus, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.
cerviola (Catalan): leerfish
Definitions
- leerfish
Ancestry of “cerviola”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | cèrvia | doe, hind female deer |
| 2 | Latin | cervia | — |
| 3 | Latin | cerva | a female deer, doe, hind |
| 4 | Latin | cervus | deer, stag; forked stakes; cheval de frise |
| 5 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |