Where does “pollen” come from?

pollen (Latin) comes from Proto-Indo-European pel- — to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold.

pollen (Latin): flour, fine flour, milldust; fine powder dust

Definitions

  1. flour, fine flour, milldust; fine powder dust

Ancestry of “pollen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanpel-to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold

Words derived from “pollen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pel- →