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Where does “cãalla” come from?

cãalla (Old Portuguese) comes from Vulgar Latin canalia, from Latin Canis, from Ancient Greek δρόμος, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Ancestry of “cãalla”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latincanalia—
2LatinCanis—
3Ancient Greekδρόμοςrace, running; racetrack; course, path
4Ancient Greek-ός—
5Proto-Hellenic*-os—
6Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Words derived from “cãalla”

  • calhar
  • calha
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