Where does “espoleta” come from?

espoleta (Portuguese) comes from Italian spoletta, from Italian spola, from Old French spole, from Middle Dutch spoele, from Old Dutch spuola, from Proto-Germanic spōlǭ, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pel- — to split in two, split in half; to speak with a...

espoleta (Portuguese): fuse (for an explosive)

Definitions

  1. fuse (for an explosive)

Ancestry of “espoleta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianspolettaspool, bobbin; fuse; third-person singular...
2Italianspolashuttle; bobbin; spool
3Old Frenchspole—
4Middle Dutchspoele—
5Old Dutchspuola—
6Proto-Germanicspōlǭspool; reel
7Proto-Indo-European(s)pel-to split in two, split in half; to speak with a...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic spōlǭ →Every word from Old Dutch spuola →