Where does “tela” come from?
tela (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish tela, from Latin tēla, from Old Dutch tegela, from Proto-Germanic *tigulā, from Proto-Germanic tigulǭ, from Latin tēgula, from Latin tegō, from Proto-Italic tegō — to cover; pole, stick, beam.
tela (Spanish): cloth, fabric; difficult task; cash, dosh
Definitions
- cloth, fabric; difficult task; cash, dosh
Ancestry of “tela”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Spanish | tela | — |
| 2 | Latin | tēla | web |
| 3 | Old Dutch | tegela | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *tigulā | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | tigulǭ | tile; brick |
| 6 | Latin | tēgula | a large, flat and heavy roof tile used in an overlapping formation with the curved and smaller imbrex |
| 7 | Latin | tegō | to cover; to clothe |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | tegō | cover |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)teg- | to cover; pole, stick, beam |