Where does “culebra” come from?

culebra (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish culuebra, from Vulgar Latin colobra, from Latin colubra, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

culebra (Spanish): snake, serpent; snake; a small snake

Definitions

  1. snake, serpent; snake; a small snake

Ancestry of “culebra”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishculuebrasnake, serpent
2Vulgar Latincolobra—
3Latincolubraa female snake, serpent; snake, serpent
4Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
5Proto-Italic-āForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
6Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

Words derived from “culebra”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from Latin -a →Every word from Latin colubra →