Where does “faba” come from?

faba (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese fava, from Latin faba, from Proto-Indo-European bʰabʰ- — bean.

faba (Galician): bean; bean plant; inflammatory sickness of the...

Definitions

  1. bean; bean plant; inflammatory sickness of the...

Ancestry of “faba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesefava—
2Latinfababean; horse bean; a small object with the shape...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰabʰ-bean

Words derived from “faba”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰabʰ- →Every word from Latin faba →Every word from Old Portuguese fava →