Where does “spag bol” come from?
spag bol (English) comes from English bolognese, from Italian bolognese, from Italian Bologna, from Latin Bonōnia, from English unnamed, from English Un-, from Middle English un-, from Old English un- — not.
spag bol (English): spaghetti bolognese
Definitions
- spaghetti bolognese
Ancestry of “spag bol”, step by step
spag bol traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English bolognese
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bolognese | An Italian sauce made of ground meat and tomato;... |
| 2 | Italian | bolognese | native or inhabitant of Bologna; of, or relating... |
| 3 | Italian | Bologna | the letter B in the [[Appendix:Italian spelling alphabet |
| 4 | Latin | Bonōnia | Bologna, Italy |
| 5 | English | unnamed | Not having a name |
| 6 | English | Un- | not |
| 7 | Middle English | un- | — |
| 8 | Old English | un- | negation or absence of: un-, non-; bad; forms... |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | n̥- | not, un- |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |
via English spaghetti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | spaghetti | A type of pasta made in the shape of long thin... |
| 2 | Italian | spaghetti | plural of spaghetto; a dish of spaghetti; fine... |
| 3 | Italian | spaghetto | strand of spaghetti; a dish of spaghetti; fright |
| 4 | Italian | -etto | Alterative suffix used to form melioratives,... |
| 5 | English | -et | Used to form diminutives, loosely construed |
| 6 | Middle English | -et | Forms diminutive nouns from nouns; in some words,... |
| 7 | Old French | -et | Used to form a diminutive, masculine noun;... |
| 8 | Latin | -ātus | ed |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -ātos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂tos | Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality |