Where does “silhueta” come from?

silhueta (Portuguese) comes from French Silhouette, from Basque Ziloeta, from Basque zulo, from Proto-Basque *zuLo — hole.

silhueta (Portuguese): silhouette

Definitions

  1. silhouette

Ancestry of “silhueta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchSilhouettesilhouette
2BasqueZiloeta—
3Basquezulohole; pit; den, hiding place
4Proto-Basque*zuLohole
Every word from Proto-Basque *zuLo →Every word from Basque zulo →Every word from Basque Ziloeta →