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Where does “pulga” come from?

pulga (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish pulga, from Vulgar Latin pulica, from Latin pūlex, from Proto-Indo-European *plus-.

pulga (Spanish): flea; flea market; small sandwich; filled bread...

Definitions

  1. flea; flea market; small sandwich; filled bread...

Ancestry of “pulga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishpulga—
2Vulgar Latinpulicaflea
3Latinpūlex—
4Proto-Indo-European*plus-—

Words derived from “pulga”

  • pulgas
  • pulgas
  • pulgason
  • pulgas
  • pulgas
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *plus- →