Where does “espoleta” come from?
espoleta (Spanish) comes from Italian spoletta, from Italian spola, from Old French spole, from Middle Dutch spoele, from Old Dutch spuola, from Proto-Germanic spōlǭ, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pel- — to split in two, split in half; to speak with a...
espoleta (Spanish): fuse (for an explosive)
Definitions
- fuse (for an explosive)
Ancestry of “espoleta”, step by step
espoleta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian spoletta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | spoletta | spool, bobbin; fuse; third-person singular... |
| 2 | Italian | spola | shuttle; bobbin; spool |
| 3 | Old French | spole | — |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | spoele | — |
| 5 | Old Dutch | spuola | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | spōlǭ | spool; reel |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pel- | to split in two, split in half; to speak with a... |