culver

culver · noun¹

1. Latin · derived fromcolumba“pigeon, dove”
2. Latin · derived fromcolumbula“little pigeon”
3. Vulgar Latin · derived from*columbra
4. Old English · inherited fromculufre
5. Middle English · inherited fromculver
6. English todayculver

From Middle English culver, from Old English culufre, culfre, culfer, possibly borrowed from Vulgar Latin *columbra, from Latin columbula (“little pigeon”), from Latin columba (“pigeon, dove”).

culver · noun²

From culverin, perhaps by confusion with culver (“dove or pigeon”).

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