Etymology Explorer
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Where does “faba” come from?
faba (Old Spanish) comes from Latin faba, from Proto-Indo-European bʰabʰ- — bean.
Ancestry of “faba”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Latin
faba
bean; horse bean; a small object with the shape...
2
Proto-Indo-European
bʰabʰ-
bean
Words derived from “faba”
haba
ava
abas
habichuela
habar
tonto del haba
habado
habón
aba
jawas
abitsuwelas
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