Where does “arcobaleno” come from?
arcobaleno (Italian) comes from Italian baleno, from Italian balenare, from Italian balena, from Spanish ballena, from Old Spanish ballena, from Latin ballaena, from Ancient Greek φάλαινα, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-.
arcobaleno (Italian): rainbow; A group of many colors or differently...
Definitions
- rainbow; A group of many colors or differently...
Ancestry of “arcobaleno”, step by step
arcobaleno traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian baleno
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | baleno | flash; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 2 | Italian | balenare | to lighten; to flash |
| 3 | Italian | balena | whale; inflection of balenare: ## third-person... |
| 4 | Spanish | ballena | whale; baleen, whalebone |
| 5 | Old Spanish | ballena | — |
| 6 | Latin | ballaena | a whale |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | φάλαινα | whale |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |