Where does “carabela” come from?

carabela (Galician) comes from Latin carabus, from Ancient Greek κάραβος — a kind of beetle, probably a longhorn beetle; a...

carabela (Galician): caravel; picnic basket; parcel with provisions,...

Definitions

  1. caravel; picnic basket; parcel with provisions,...

Ancestry of “carabela”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincarabuscrab, crayfish; kind of ship
2Ancient Greekκάραβοςa kind of beetle, probably a longhorn beetle; a...
Every word from Ancient Greek κάραβοςEvery word from Latin carabus