Where does “teular” come from?

teular (Catalan) comes from Catalan teula, from Vulgar Latin tegla, from Latin tēgula, from Latin tegō, from Proto-Italic tegō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg- — to cover; pole, stick, beam.

teular (Catalan): to tile

Definitions

  1. to tile

Ancestry of “teular”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanteulatile
2Vulgar Latintegla—
3Latintēgulaa large, flat and heavy roof tile used in an overlapping formation with the curved and smaller imbrex
4Latintegōto cover; to clothe
5Proto-Italictegōcover
6Proto-Indo-European(s)teg-to cover; pole, stick, beam
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg- →Every word from Proto-Italic tegō →Every word from Latin tegō →