Where does “abela” come from?
abela (Zulu) comes from Old Portuguese avelãa, from Latin abellana, from Latin -ās, from Latin -ātis, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.
abela (Zulu): to apportion to, to distribute among; to award to
Definitions
- to apportion to, to distribute among; to award to
Ancestry of “abela”, step by step
abela traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Old Portuguese avelãa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | avelãa | — |
| 2 | Latin | abellana | filbert, hazelnut |
| 3 | Latin | -ās | Used to form gentilic adjectives with the meaning "of/from" a country or place |
| 4 | Latin | -ātis | first conjugation |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Esperanto abelo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | abelo | bee |
| 2 | French | abeille | bee, honeybee; a writer whose style is considered... |
| 3 | French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular -er... |
| 4 | Middle French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n |
| 5 | Old French | -é | used to form past participles of regular -er... |
| 6 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |