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Where does “bagatela” come from?

bagatela (Spanish) comes from Italian bagatella, from Italian bagattella, from Latin bāca.

bagatela (Spanish): bagatelle, trifle

Definitions

  1. bagatelle, trifle

Ancestry of “bagatela”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianbagatellaAlternative form of bagattella
2Italianbagattellatrifle; bagatelle
3Latinbāca—
Every word from Latin bāca →