cela
Portuguese
/ˈsɛ.la/, /ˈsɛ.lɐ/
noun
Definitions
- cell small room or compartment
Etymology
Inherited from Old Portuguese cela (cell) derived from Latin cella (small room, chamber, compartment, room, cell, pantry, closet, shrine, hut, granary) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱelnā.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ḱelnā
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cella English
- cella Latin
- cellarium Latin
- cellarius Latin
- cellula Latin
- cellārium Latin
- Zelle German
- cella Italian
- celda Spanish, Castilian
- κέλλα Ancient Greek
- *ḱelneh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱelnā Proto-Indo-European
- celle Norwegian Bokmål
- selle Norwegian Bokmål
- cell Swedish
- celle Norwegian Nynorsk
- selle Norwegian Nynorsk
- cell Old English
- celle Danish
- cel Old French
- cel·la Catalan, Valencian
- Celanova Galician
- cela Galician
- cell Welsh
- celle Middle Dutch
- cell Old Irish
- qelizë Albanian
- cela Old Portuguese
- κελλία gkm