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
Ancestry of “robalo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | robalo | European seabass; snook |
| 2 | Spanish | lobarro | Synonym of robalo |
| 3 | Latin | Lupus | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | lukʷos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wĺ̥kʷos | wolf |