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Where does “polzada” come from?

polzada (Catalan) comes from Catalan polze, from Latin pollex — thumb; great toe; a unit of distance, equivalent...

polzada (Catalan): inch

Definitions

  1. inch

Ancestry of “polzada”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanpolzethumb
2Latinpollexthumb; great toe; a unit of distance, equivalent...
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