bulbo

Spanish

noun

Definitions

(botany) bulb

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin bulbus (bulb, onion) derived from Ancient Greek βολβός (plant with round swelling on underground stem).

Origin

Ancient Greek

βολβός

Gloss

plant with round swelling on underground stem

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

bulbosus Latin
bulbus Latin
bulbo Italian
bulbocastano Italian
bulbe French
βολβός Ancient Greek
κάστανον Ancient Greek
bulbo Portuguese
bulb Middle English
bulb Catalan, Valencian
bulbo Galician
bulbuc Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan