Where does “caravelă” come from?

caravelă (Romanian) comes from Italian caravella, from Portuguese caravela, from Old Portuguese caravela, from Old Portuguese cáravo, from Latin carabus, from Ancient Greek κάραβος — a kind of beetle, probably a longhorn beetle; a...

caravelă (Romanian): caravel

Definitions

  1. caravel

Ancestry of “caravelă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancaravellacaravel
2Portuguesecaravelacaravel
3Old Portuguesecaravelacaravel
4Old Portuguesecáravo—
5Latincarabuscrab, crayfish; kind of ship
6Ancient Greekκάραβοςa kind of beetle, probably a longhorn beetle; a...
Every word from Ancient Greek κάραβος →Every word from Latin carabus →Every word from Old Portuguese cáravo →