Where does “tella” come from?

tella (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese tella, from Vulgar Latin tegla, from Latin tēgula, from Latin tegō, from Proto-Italic tegō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg- — to cover; pole, stick, beam.

tella (Galician): roof tile

Definitions

  1. roof tile

Ancestry of “tella”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesetella—
2Vulgar Latintegla—
3Latintēgulaa large, flat and heavy roof tile used in an overlapping formation with the curved and smaller imbrex
4Latintegōto cover; to clothe
5Proto-Italictegōcover
6Proto-Indo-European(s)teg-to cover; pole, stick, beam
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg- →Every word from Proto-Italic tegō →Every word from Latin tegō →
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