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Where does “robalo” come from?

robalo (Portuguese) comes from Catalan llobarro, from Catalan llop, from Old Occitan lop, from Latin Lupus, from Proto-Italic lukʷos, from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos — wolf.

robalo (Portuguese): European seabass; snook

Definitions

  1. European seabass; snook

Ancestry of “robalo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanllobarrosmall wolf
2Catalanllopwolf
3Old Occitanlop—
4LatinLupus—
5Proto-Italiclukʷos—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf
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