bulbus
Latin
noun
Definitions
- bulb (especially an edible bulb such as the onion)
Etymology
Borrowed 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
- bulb English
- bulbosus Latin
- bulbicoltore Italian
- bulbicoltura Italian
- bulbifero Italian
- bulbo Italian
- bulbocastano Italian
- bulboso 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
- κάστανο Greek (modern)