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Where does “aleta” come from?

aleta (Spanish) comes from Spanish Alá, from Old Spanish ala, from Old Spanish a, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos.

aleta (Spanish): fin; flipper; the leaf of a hinge

Definitions

  1. fin; flipper; the leaf of a hinge

Ancestry of “aleta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishAlá—
2Old Spanishalawing
3Old Spanishato, toward, in, at
4LatinAd—
5Latinilliche, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that...
6Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
7LatinolleArchaic form of ille
8Proto-Italic*olnos—

Words derived from “aleta”

  • aletazo
Every word from Proto-Italic *olnos →