Where does “Bolonha” come from?
Bolonha (Portuguese) comes from Latin Bonōnia, from English unnamed, from English Un-, from Middle English un-, from Old English un-, from Proto-West Germanic un-, from Proto-Germanic un-, from Proto-Indo-European n̥- — not.
Bolonha (Portuguese): space cake
Definitions
- space cake
Ancestry of “Bolonha”, step by step
Bolonha traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin Bonōnia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | Bonōnia | Bologna, Italy |
| 2 | English | unnamed | Not having a name |
| 3 | English | Un- | not |
| 4 | Middle English | un- | — |
| 5 | Old English | un- | negation or absence of: un-, non-; bad; forms... |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | n̥- | not, un- |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |
via Portuguese bolo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | bolo | cake; bunch, heap, mass; prize, reward |
| 2 | Portuguese | bola | ball, sphere, round object; ball; fat person |
| 3 | Old Occitan | bola | — |
| 4 | Latin | bulla | a bubble; a swollen or bubble-shaped object,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |