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
Ancestry of “ovillo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | globellus | — |
| 2 | Latin | globus | any round object; a sphere; a globe; a glob,... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | gel- | to be cold, to freeze |
Words derived from “ovillo”