bulbo
Italian (Fiorentino)
noun
Definitions
- bulb
- ball, globe
- light bulb, light globe
- breakwater ((nautical) a low bulkhead across the forecastle deck of a ship)
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
- bulbicoltore Italian
- bulbicoltura Italian
- bulbifero Italian
- bulbocastano Italian
- pseudobulbo Italian
- bulbe French
- bulbo Spanish, Castilian
- βολβός Ancient Greek
- κάστανον Ancient Greek
- bulbo Portuguese
- bulb Middle English
- bulb Catalan, Valencian
- bulbo Galician
- bulbuc Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan