Where does “porumbel” come from?
porumbel (Romanian) comes from Romanian el, from Vulgar Latin illus, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.
porumbel (Romanian): dove
Ancestry of “porumbel”, step by step
porumbel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian el
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Romanian | el | he; him |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | illus | — |
| 3 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 4 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |
via Romanian porumb
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Romanian | porumb | maize, corn; pigeon, dove |
| 2 | Latin | palumbus | Alternative form of palumbēs; wood-pigeon,... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | pal-wo- | dark-colored, gray |
Words derived from “porumbel”