Etymology

bolas

bo·las
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Today it means: A throwing weapon made of weights on the ends of interconnected cords, designed to capture animals by entangling their legs. Full definition →

Portuguese bola(s) ← Spanish bola(s) ← Old Occitan bola
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bolas · noun1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bew-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰel-der.?
  3. Latinbulla
  4. Frankish*bollā
  5. Vulgar Latin*bolla
  6. Old Occitanbola
  7. Spanishbola(s)
  8. Portuguesebola(s)
  9. English todaybolas

Borrowed from Spanish bola(s) (“ball(s)”) and Portuguese bola(s) (“ball(s)”). First attested in 1843.

bolas · noun2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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