Where does “ola” come from?
ola (Spanish) comes from Latin undula, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
ola (Spanish): wave; sudden appearance of a large amount of...
Definitions
- wave; sudden appearance of a large amount of...
Ancestry of “ola”, step by step
ola traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin undula
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | undula | wavelet; vocative singular of undula; ablative... |
| 2 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via Arabic هَوْل
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arabic | هَوْل | — |
via Basque ola
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Basque | ola | place |