lovelo
Old Galician-Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
- novelo (documented from 1258)
Etymology edit
From Late Latin lubellum < globellum, diminutive from Latin globus.
Attested in this form since 1209. The alternative form above appears to have resulted from dissimilation of /l/.
Noun edit
lovelo f (plural lovelos)
- ball (of wool, etc.)
Descendants edit
References edit
- Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1985) “ovillo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 328