Where does “pollo” come from?

pollo (Italian) comes from Latin pullus, from Proto-Indo-European polHwós, from Proto-Indo-European pelH- — pale, gray.

pollo (Italian): chicken; sucker, chump, dupe or patsy; pushover...

Definitions

  1. chicken; sucker, chump, dupe or patsy; pushover...

Ancestry of “pollo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinpullusA young animal; darling; dark-colored; dusky
2Proto-Indo-EuropeanpolHwóspale, gray
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanpelH-pale, gray

Words derived from “pollo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pelH- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European polHwós →Every word from Latin pullus →
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