Where does “sevói” come from?

sevói (Paraguayan Guaraní) comes from Spanish cebolla, from Old Spanish cebolla, from Late Latin cepulla, from Latin cēpa — onion.

Ancestry of “sevói”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishcebollaonion
2Old Spanishcebollaonion
3Late Latincepullaonion-bed, onion-field; small onion
4Latincēpaonion
Every word from Latin cēpa