Where does “palomba” come from?

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

palomba (Italian): stock dove, wood pigeon

Definitions

  1. stock dove, wood pigeon

Ancestry of “palomba”, step by step

palomba traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vulgar Latin palumba

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinpalumba—
2LatinpalumbusAlternative form of palumbēs; wood-pigeon,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpal-wo-dark-colored, gray

via Latin palumba

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpalumba—

Words derived from “palomba”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pal-wo- →Every word from Latin palumbus →Every word from Vulgar Latin palumba →