Etymology

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Today it means: A rich, thick, Spanish stew consisting of meat and vegetables. Full definition →

Spanish olla ← Portuguese olha ← Latin olla
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromolla“pot, jar”
  2. Portuguese · derived fromolha
  3. Spanish · derived fromolla
  4. English todayolio

From Spanish olla or Portuguese olha, both from Latin olla (“pot, jar”).

Words from the same roots

Spanisholla all →

olla

Latinolla all →

aulolla

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.