palomo

From Latin palumbum, accusative of palumbus, alternative form of palumbēs (“wood pigeon”).

• IPA^(key): [paˈlo.mo]

palomo m (plural palomos)

1. dove, pigeon
   • c. 1200: Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 37r. col. 2.

     […] de pues enbio el palomo ¬ ueno a ora de uieſperas aduxo ramo de olẏua có ſus fojas uerdes en su boca

     […] and then he sent out the dove, and it came in the evening with an olive branch with green leaves in its beak.

• paloma f

• Spanish: palomo

From Old Spanish palomo, from Latin palumbus, from Proto-Indo-European *pal-wo- (“dark-colored, gray”).

• IPA^(key): /paˈlomo/

palomo m (plural palomos, feminine paloma, feminine plural palomas)

1. male dove, male pigeon, cock pigeon
2. (vulgar) (Dominican Republic, slang) coward, no-good

• paloma
• palomar