English
Po
Po comes from Italian Po, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn ‘bottom’, and ultimately from *dʰewbʰ- ‘deep’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰewbʰ-‘deep’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰudʰmḗn‘bottom’root as named · steps between not traced
- Ancient LigurianmodernBodincus
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEPadus
- Italianc. 1300–presentPo
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰewbʰ-‘deep’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰudʰmḗn‘bottom’root as named · steps between not traced
- Ancient LigurianmodernBodincus
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEPadus
- Italianc. 1300–presentPo
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- ‘deep’
deep, depth, dumb, dave, fundamental, dip, deaf, dove, dub, butte, bottomless, typhus, fonds, profundity, doof, fundus, 19 more
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn ‘bottom’
bottom, fund, foundation, founder, fond, bot, bourne, 17 more
Today it means
name The longest river in Italy, which flows 652 kilometers eastward to the Adriatic Sea near Venice.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.