Where does “pulgas” come from?

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

pulgas (Chavacano): flea

Definitions

  1. flea

Ancestry of “pulgas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishpulgasplural of pulga
2Vulgar Latinpulicaflea
3Latinpūlexflea
4Proto-Indo-European*plus-flea
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *plus- →Every word from Latin pūlex →Every word from Vulgar Latin pulica →
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