Where does “porumbiță” come from?
porumbiță (Romanian) comes from Romanian porumb, from Latin palumbus, from Proto-Indo-European pal-wo- — dark-colored, gray.
porumbiță (Romanian): dove; pigeon
Ancestry of “porumbiță”, step by step
porumbiță traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
via Romanian iță
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Romanian | iță | each of the threads that make up the warp on a... |
| 2 | Latin | licia | nominative plural of līcium; accusative plural of... |
| 3 | Latin | licium | loop in the texture woven, through which the... |