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Where does “pulgas” come from?

pulgas (Cebuano) comes from Spanish pulgas, from Vulgar Latin pulica, from Latin pūlex, from Proto-Indo-European *plus-.

pulgas (Cebuano): flea

Definitions

  1. flea

Ancestry of “pulgas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishpulgasplural of pulga
2Vulgar Latinpulicaflea
3Latinpūlex—
4Proto-Indo-European*plus-—

Words derived from “pulgas”

  • pulgason
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *plus- →