Where does “orla” come from?

orla (Portuguese) comes from Vulgar Latin orula, from Latin ōra, from Latin ōs, from Proto-Italic ōs, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ésth₁ — bone.

orla (Portuguese): border

Definitions

  1. border

Ancestry of “orla”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinorula—
2Latinōraborder, rim, frontier, limit, edge
3Latinōsmouth
4Proto-Italicōsmouth
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ésth₁bone
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ésth₁ →Every word from Proto-Italic ōs →Every word from Latin ōs →