Where does “habichuela” come from?

habichuela (Spanish) comes from Spanish haba, from Old Spanish faba, from Latin faba, from Proto-Indo-European bʰabʰ- — bean.

habichuela (Spanish): bean plant; bean seed; green bean

Definitions

  1. bean plant; bean seed; green bean

Ancestry of “habichuela”, step by step

habichuela traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish haba

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishhababroad bean, horse bean; bean; ballot ball
2Old Spanishfaba—
3Latinfababean; horse bean; a small object with the shape...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰabʰ-bean

via Mozarabic fabichela

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Mozarabicfabichela—
2Latinfabicella—

Words derived from “habichuela”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰabʰ- →Every word from Latin faba →Every word from Old Spanish faba →