Where does “porumb” come from?

porumb (Romanian) comes from Latin palumbus, from Proto-Indo-European pal-wo- — dark-colored, gray.

porumb (Romanian): maize, corn; pigeon, dove

Definitions

  1. maize, corn; pigeon, dove

Ancestry of “porumb”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinpalumbusAlternative form of palumbēs; wood-pigeon,...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpal-wo-dark-colored, gray

Words derived from “porumb”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pal-wo- →Every word from Latin palumbus →