Where does “raballa” come from?

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

raballa (Catalan): a mix, similar to whitebait, of small shorefish considered not worth selling individually, generally used to make stock for soups, stews, and paella

Definitions

  1. a mix, similar to whitebait, of small shorefish considered not worth selling individually, generally used to make stock for soups, stews, and paella

Ancestry of “raballa”, 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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