Where does “olmo” come from?
olmo (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese olmo, from Latin ulmus, from Proto-Indo-European h₁élem — mountain elm.
olmo (Portuguese): elm
Ancestry of “olmo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | olmo | — |
| 2 | Latin | ulmus | elm |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁élem | mountain elm |