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Where does “fibula” come from?

fibula (Latin) comes from Latin -āris, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis.

fibula (Latin): clasp, buckle, brooch

Definitions

  1. clasp, buckle, brooch

Ancestry of “fibula”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-āris—
2Latin-ālis—
3Proto-Italic-ālis—

Words derived from “fibula”

  • fibella
  • affibulare
  • fibularia
  • hebilla
  • fíbula
  • fibula
  • fibbia
  • sfibbiare
  • affubler
  • Fibel
  • fíbula
  • fivela
  • fíbula
  • fibulo
  • fibula
  • fiulare
  • fibulă
  • fibulo
  • fibulizar
  • fivela
  • fibla
  • fibella
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