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Where does “polbora” come from?

polbora (Hiligaynon) comes from Spanish pólvora, from Old Catalan pólvora, from Spanish polvera, from Spanish -era, from Latin -āria, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios.

polbora (Hiligaynon): gunpowder

Definitions

  1. gunpowder

Ancestry of “polbora”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishpólvoragunpowder
2Old Catalanpólvora—
3Spanishpolverapowder compact
4Spanish-erafeminine singular of -ero; indicates a place or...
5Latin-āria—
6Latin-ārius—
7Proto-Italic*-āzios—
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