Where does “badalar” come from?

badalar (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese badalo, from Old Portuguese badalo, from Vulgar Latin bataclum, from Latin battuaculum, from Latin battuō — to beat, hit, pound, beat up, strike.

badalar (Portuguese): to toll; to gossip; to ring

Definitions

  1. to toll; to gossip; to ring

Ancestry of “badalar”, step by step

badalar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Portuguese badalo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesebadaloclapper; tongue; penis
2Old Portuguesebadalobell-clapper
3Vulgar Latinbataclumclapper
4Latinbattuaculumclapper (part of a bell)
5Latinbattuōto beat, hit, pound, beat up, strike

via Galician badalo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianbadaloclapper

Words derived from “badalar”

Every word from Latin battuō →Every word from Latin battuaculum →Every word from Vulgar Latin bataclum →