Where does “Fibula” come from?

Fibula (German) comes from Portuguese fíbula, from Latin fibula, from Latin -āris, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.

Ancestry of “Fibula”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesefíbulafibula
2Latinfibulaclasp, buckle, brooch
3Latin-ārisfirst conjugation
4Latin-ālis
5Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives

Words derived from “Fibula

Every word from Proto-Italic -ālisEvery word from Latin -ālisEvery word from Latin -āris