Where does “tela” come from?
tela (Italian) comes from Latin tēla, from Old Dutch tegela, from Proto-Germanic *tigulā, from Proto-Germanic tigulǭ, from Latin tēgula, from Latin tegō, from Proto-Italic tegō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg- — to cover; pole, stick, beam.
tela (Italian): cloth; canvas; curtain
Ancestry of “tela”, step by step
Words derived from “tela”