Where does “caravela” come from?

caravela (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese caravela, from Old Portuguese cáravo, from Latin carabus, from Ancient Greek κάραβος — a kind of beetle, probably a longhorn beetle; a...

caravela (Portuguese): caravel

Definitions

  1. caravel

Ancestry of “caravela”, step by step

caravela traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Portuguese caravela

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesecaravelacaravel
2Old Portuguesecáravo
3Latincarabuscrab, crayfish; kind of ship
4Ancient Greekκάραβοςa kind of beetle, probably a longhorn beetle; a...

via Old Occitan caravela

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Occitancaravela

Words derived from “caravela

Every word from Ancient Greek κάραβοςEvery word from Latin carabusEvery word from Old Portuguese cáravo