Where does “baba de camelo” come from?
baba de camelo (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese camelô, from French camelot, from Middle French Camalot, from Old French Camaalot, from Latin Camulodunum, from Proto-Celtic dūnom, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.
baba de camelo (Portuguese): a typical Portuguese dessert made with condensed milk and eggs with almond or cookie toppings
Definitions
- a typical Portuguese dessert made with condensed milk and eggs with almond or cookie toppings
Ancestry of “baba de camelo”, step by step
baba de camelo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese camelô
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | camelô | huckster, peddler, hawker itinerant street vendor |
| 2 | French | camelot | street vendor, peddler, hawker |
| 3 | Middle French | Camalot | — |
| 4 | Old French | Camaalot | Camelot |
| 5 | Latin | Camulodunum | — |
| 6 | Proto-Celtic | dūnom | stronghold, rampart |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |