porumb
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porumb¹
- /poˈrumb/
Rhymes with -umb
Where it comes from
Inherited from Latin palumbus (“wood-pigeon, ringdove”), palumbes, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pal-wo (“dark-colored, gray”). The sense of "maize" or "corn" developed probably due to the similarity in appearance of a corn cob to the bird (a similar development occurred in Bulgarian or was calqued: гълъб (gălăb, “dove”) and гълъби (gălăbi, “corn/maize”). Compare also Spanish and Galician carrizo (“reed; also wren; hornet”), which while unrelated, is another example of the semantic change between a word for a plant and animal. The original sense in Romanian was that of a pigeon or dove, but today the derived diminutive term porumbel is mostly used. The arrival of the crop occurred in the 1680s and spread quickly throughout the country, in areas where wheat was previously dominant.
Porumb²
Where it comes from
From porumb.
proper noun lui Porumb
- a surname
In English
- maize corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
- corn on the cob cooked ears of corn
Talk about this word "porumb." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ro/porumb. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. porumb. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ro/porumb "porumb." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ro/porumb.Cite this
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title = {porumb},
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