Where does “panela” come from?

panela (English) comes from Spanish panela, from Spanish PAN, from Old Spanish pan, from Latin pānis, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂- — to protect; to shepherd.

panela (English): An unrefined sugar product typical of Central and...

Definitions

  1. An unrefined sugar product typical of Central and...

Ancestry of “panela”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishpanelapanela solid piece of unrefined sugar
2SpanishPANbread
3Old Spanishpanbread
4Latinpānisbread, loaf
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂-to protect; to shepherd
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