The story
- Late Latin · derived fromColumba
- Irish · borrowed fromColm
- English todayColm
From Irish Colm, from Late Latin Columba (literally “dove”), the name of a sixth century saint, one of the patron saints of Ireland and Scotland. Doublet of Calum.
Words from the same roots
Late LatinColumba all →
Calum
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.