noun, feminine/oxaˈlata/plural: hojalatas
sheet-metal; tinplate
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰolh₃yom? Proto-Indo-European *dʰelh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *dʰolh₁yom? Proto-Italic *foljom Classical Latin folium Late Latin folia Old Spanish foja Spanish hoja Proto-Germanic *laþô ~ *luttaz Proto-West Germanic *lattuder. Old French lateder. Vulgar Latin *lattader.? ▲ Medieval Latin *lattader.? Spanish lata Spanish hojalata From hoja + lata.