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Castilian lineage · noun

ˈʎabe

key

Part of speech
noun
Gloss
key
Evidence
attested
Attested from
Classical Latin
Classical Latin
ˈklawe
Earliest form recorded
Late Latin
ˈklaβe
w > β
Proto-Romance
ˈklaβe
unchanged
Early Ibero-Romance
ˈʎaβe
kl > ʎ / #_
Old Castilian
ˈʎaβe
unchanged
Medieval Castilian
ˈʎabe
β > b
Modern Spanish
ˈʎabe
unchanged