Where does “carabela” come from?

carabela (Spanish) comes from Old Portuguese caravela, from Old Portuguese cáravo, from Latin carabus, from Ancient Greek κάραβος — a kind of beetle, probably a longhorn beetle; a...

carabela (Spanish): caravel

Definitions

  1. caravel

Ancestry of “carabela”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesecaravelacaravel
2Old Portuguesecáravo—
3Latincarabuscrab, crayfish; kind of ship
4Ancient Greekκάραβοςa kind of beetle, probably a longhorn beetle; a...

Words derived from “carabela”

Every word from Ancient Greek κάραβος →Every word from Latin carabus →Every word from Old Portuguese cáravo →