Where does “palombe” come from?

palombe (French) comes from Italian palomba, from Vulgar Latin palumba, from Latin palumbus, from Proto-Indo-European pal-wo- — dark-colored, gray.

palombe (French): wood pigeon

Definitions

  1. wood pigeon

Ancestry of “palombe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpalombastock dove, wood pigeon
2Vulgar Latinpalumba—
3LatinpalumbusAlternative form of palumbēs; wood-pigeon,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpal-wo-dark-colored, gray
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pal-wo- →Every word from Latin palumbus →Every word from Vulgar Latin palumba →
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