Where does “telha” come from?

telha (Portuguese) comes from Vulgar Latin tegla, from Latin tēgula, from Latin tegō, from Proto-Italic tegō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg- — to cover; pole, stick, beam.

telha (Portuguese): tile, especially a roof tile

Definitions

  1. tile, especially a roof tile

Ancestry of “telha”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latintegla—
2Latintēgulaa large, flat and heavy roof tile used in an overlapping formation with the curved and smaller imbrex
3Latintegōto cover; to clothe
4Proto-Italictegōcover
5Proto-Indo-European(s)teg-to cover; pole, stick, beam

Words derived from “telha”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg- →Every word from Proto-Italic tegō →Every word from Latin tegō →