Where does “robalo” come from?

robalo (English) comes from Spanish robalo, from Spanish lobarro, from Latin Lupus, from Proto-Italic lukʷos, from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos — wolf.

robalo (English): European seabass

Definitions

  1. European seabass

Ancestry of “robalo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishrobaloEuropean seabass; snook
2SpanishlobarroSynonym of robalo
3LatinLupusA Roman cognomen
4Proto-Italiclukʷos
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷosEvery word from Proto-Italic lukʷosEvery word from Latin Lupus