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

Definitions

  1. elm

Ancestry of “olmo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueseolmo—
2Latinulmuselm
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁élemmountain elm
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁élem →Every word from Latin ulmus →Every word from Old Portuguese olmo →