Where does “faba” come from?

faba (Latin) comes from Proto-Indo-European bʰabʰ- — bean.

faba (Latin): bean; horse bean; a small object with the shape...

Definitions

  1. bean; horse bean; a small object with the shape...

Ancestry of “faba”, step by step

faba traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European bʰabʰ-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰabʰ-bean

via Proto-Italic *fabā

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italic*fabāfava bean

Words derived from “faba

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰabʰ-
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