Where does “pombo” come from?

pombo (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese poombo, from Old Portuguese paombo, from Latin palumbus, from Proto-Indo-European pal-wo- — dark-colored, gray.

pombo (Galician): wood pigeon

Definitions

  1. wood pigeon

Ancestry of “pombo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesepoombo—
2Old Portuguesepaombo—
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 Old Portuguese paombo →