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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
2SpanishPAN—
3Old Spanishpan—
4Latinpānis—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂-to protect; to shepherd
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