Where does “soble” come from?

soble (Wolof) comes from Portuguese cebola, from Old Portuguese cebola, from Latin cēpulla, from Latin -ulus — Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...

soble (Wolof): onion

Definitions

  1. onion

Ancestry of “soble”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesecebolaonion
2Old Portuguesecebola—
3Latincēpullaonion-bed, onion-field
4Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
Every word from Latin -ulus →Every word from Latin cēpulla →Every word from Old Portuguese cebola →