Where does “palumbulus” come from?

palumbulus (Latin) comes from Latin palumbēs, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

palumbulus (Latin): A little wood pigeon or little dove

Definitions

  1. A little wood pigeon or little dove

Ancestry of “palumbulus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpalumbēsturtle dove, ring dove
2Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
3Proto-Italic-olos—
4Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
5Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -ulus →Every word from Latin palumbēs →