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Where does “fíbula” come from?

fíbula (Portuguese) comes from Latin fibula, from Latin -āris, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis.

fíbula (Portuguese): fibula

Definitions

  1. fibula

Ancestry of “fíbula”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfibulaclasp, buckle, brooch
2Latin-āris—
3Latin-ālis—
4Proto-Italic-ālis—
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