lovelo

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

novelo (documented from 1258)

Etymology

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

lovelo f (plural lovelos)

ball (of wool, etc.)

Descendants

Fala: nuvelu
Galician: nobelo, dobelo
Portuguese: novelo

References

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

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