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Where does “abada” come from?

abada (Spanish) comes from Portuguese abada, from Portuguese a, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos.

abada (Spanish): rhinoceros

Definitions

  1. rhinoceros

Ancestry of “abada”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortugueseabadaAlternative form of bada; female rhinoceros
2PortugueseaAlternative spelling of á; feminine singular of...
3LatinAd—
4Latinilliche, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that...
5Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
6LatinolleArchaic form of ille
7Proto-Italic*olnos—
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