Where does “polen” come from?

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

polen (Romanian): pollen

Definitions

  1. pollen

Ancestry of “polen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpollenpollen
2Latinpollenflour, fine flour, milldust; fine powder dust
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpel-to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold

Words derived from “polen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pel- →Every word from Latin pollen →Every word from French pollen →