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Possibly a derivative of Proto-Italic*palwos, from Proto-Indo-European*pl̥H-wo-(“dark-colored, gray”), from *pelH-(“gray, pale”), owing to the color of the pigeon's plumage. Compare Ancient Greekπέλειᾰ(péleia, “rock pigeon”) and Old Prussianpoalis(“pigeon”); see palleō(“to be pale”) for more potential cognates.[1] However, the suffix is unexplained and resembles that in Ancient Greek κολυμβῐ́ς(kolumbís, “diver, little grebe, pigeon”), which may point to substrate origin.
“palumbes”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
palumbes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 442
