Where does “abal” come from?
abal (Wolof) comes from Spanish aval, from Portuguese aval, from German Aval, from Italian avallo, from Russian ава́ль, from French aval, from French à, from English avie — in.
abal (Wolof): to lend
Definitions
- to lend
Ancestry of “abal”, step by step
abal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish aval
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | aval | endorsement; countersignature; guarantee |
| 2 | Portuguese | aval | permit |
| 3 | German | Aval | — |
| 4 | Italian | avallo | guarantee |
| 5 | Russian | ава́ль | aval, bank guarantee, surety |
| 6 | French | aval | downstream area, lower reaches; approval,... |
| 7 | French | à | to; on the, to; at |
| 8 | English | avie | emulously |
| 9 | French | envie | desire, lust, urge; appetite, craving; envy |
| 10 | Latin | invidia | envy, grudge, jealousy, prejudice, spite; an... |
| 11 | Latin | invidus | envious; hostile, inimical |
| 12 | Latin | invideo | I look askance or maliciously at, cast an evil... |
| 13 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 14 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 15 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 16 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Wolof al
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wolof | al | — |