Where does “fibula” come from?

fibula (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Latin fibula, from Latin -āris, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.

fibula (Serbo-Croatian): fibula, calf bone

Definitions

  1. fibula, calf bone

Ancestry of “fibula”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfibulaclasp, buckle, brooch
2Latin-ārisfirst conjugation
3Latin-ālis—
4Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives
Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis →Every word from Latin -ālis →Every word from Latin -āris →