Where does “caravela” come from?
caravela (Old Occitan) comes from Old Portuguese cáravo, from Latin carabus, from Ancient Greek κάραβος — a kind of beetle, probably a longhorn beetle; a...
Ancestry of “caravela”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Portuguese | cáravo | — |
| 2 | Latin | carabus | crab, crayfish; kind of ship |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | κάραβος | a kind of beetle, probably a longhorn beetle; a... |