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Where does “ovillo” come from?

ovillo (Spanish) comes from Latin globellus, from Latin globus, from Proto-Indo-European gel- — to be cold, to freeze.

ovillo (Spanish): ball; pile, bunch

Definitions

  1. ball; pile, bunch

Ancestry of “ovillo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinglobellus—
2Latinglobusany round object; a sphere; a globe; a glob,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeangel-to be cold, to freeze

Words derived from “ovillo”

  • ovillar
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gel- →