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.
porumbel (Romanian): dove
Ancestry of “porumbel”, step by step
| 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 | — |