Where does “apostillar” come from?

apostillar (Spanish) comes from Spanish apostilla, from Spanish postilla, from Vulgar Latin pustella, from Latin pustula, from Finnish pus-, from Proto-Indo-European bew- — "low-pitch humming noise".

apostillar (Spanish): to annotate

Definitions

  1. to annotate

Ancestry of “apostillar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishapostillanote, comment; apostille
2Spanishpostillascab; postil, marginal note
3Vulgar Latinpustella—
4Latinpustulainflamed sore, blister, pustule
5Finnishpus-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbew-"low-pitch humming noise"

Words derived from “apostillar”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bew- →Every word from Finnish pus- →Every word from Latin pustula →