Columb

Morpheme

Columb

Type

bound base

Denotation

related to things named after Christopher Columbus, literally dove or pigeon

Etymology

Italian explorer Christopher Columbus; Latin columbus; Ancient Greek kólumbos, from kolumbân

Evidence

bismutocolumbite, columbaria, Columbariidae, Columbarium, columbarium, columbariums, columbary, columbate, Columbella, Columbia, Columbiad, Columbian, Columbiana, columbic, Columbidae, columbiferous, Columbiformes, Columbina, columbite, columbium, Columbus, Columbused, Columbuses, Columbusing, ferrocolumbium, Gallicolumba, manganocolumbite, stibiocolumbite, yttrocolumbite

Notes

Columbus and Colombo are doublets
Columbia and Colombia are doublets

See Also

Colomb