Where does “ovillar” come from?
ovillar (Spanish) comes from Spanish ovillo, from Latin globellus, from Latin globus, from Proto-Indo-European gel- — to be cold, to freeze.
ovillar (Spanish): to roll into a ball
Ancestry of “ovillar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | ovillo | ball; pile, bunch |
| 2 | Latin | globellus | — |
| 3 | Latin | globus | any round object; a sphere; a globe; a glob,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | gel- | to be cold, to freeze |