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Where does “carnaval” come from?

carnaval (Spanish) comes from Italian carnevale, from Latin carnem levāre.

carnaval (Spanish): carnival

Definitions

  1. carnival

Ancestry of “carnaval”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancarnevalecarnival; festival in the week before Lent
2Latincarnem levāre—

Words derived from “carnaval”

  • carnaval
  • carnavalesco
  • carnavalear
  • karnabal
Every word from Latin carnem levāre →