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Where does “fivela” come from?

fivela (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese fivela, from Vulgar Latin fibella, from Latin fibula, from Latin -āris, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis.

fivela (Portuguese): buckle

Definitions

  1. buckle

Ancestry of “fivela”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesefivela—
2Vulgar Latinfibellabuckle
3Latinfibulaclasp, buckle, brooch
4Latin-āris—
5Latin-ālis—
6Proto-Italic-ālis—
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