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Where does “Esquivel” come from?

Esquivel (Tagalog) comes from Spanish Esquivel, from Basque Ezkibel, from Basque bele, from Proto-Basque beɫe, from Proto-Basque bel- — black, dark.

Ancestry of “Esquivel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishEsquivel—
2BasqueEzkibel—
3Basquebelecrow
4Proto-Basquebeɫecrow
5Proto-Basquebel-black, dark
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