pulvinus
Latin
noun
Definitions
- cushion, pillow, bolster
- An elevated piece of arable land; a raised bed
Etymology
Suffix from Latin pulvis (dust, powder).
Origin
Latin
pulvis
Gloss
dust, powder
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- pillow English
- pulverine English
- pulvinone English
- pulvinus English
- *pulus Latin
- *pulvic(u)la Latin
- *pulvus Latin
- *pŭlverēta Latin
- pulverem Latin
- pulverulentus Latin
- pulvis Latin
- Pfühl German
- polve Italian
- polverino Italian
- poudre French
- polvorón Spanish, Castilian
- polvos Spanish, Castilian
- *pel- Proto-Indo-European
- poudre Old French
- spulbera Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- spulbir Aromanian
- poudre xno
- pulvro Dalmatian
- pólvra Emilian