Where does “porpeta” come from?

porpeta (Portuguese) comes from Italian polpetta, from Italian polpa, from Latin pulpa, from Old Latin pelpa, from Proto-Indo-European pel- — to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold.

porpeta (Portuguese): meatball

Definitions

  1. meatball

Ancestry of “porpeta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpolpettameatball; rissole
2Italianpolpapulp; flesh
3Latinpulpathe soft part of an animal's body; flesh; the...
4Old Latinpelpa—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpel-to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pel- →Every word from Old Latin pelpa →Every word from Latin pulpa →