myEtymology.com: Latin etymology of cuma

Etymology of the Latin word cuma

the New Latin word cuma (spring shoots of cabbage, similar; hollow sphere)

derived from the Greek word kuma, κῦμα (a billow (as bursting or toppling))

derived from the Greek word kuein, κύειν

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *keuə-

using the Greek suffix -ean

American-Spanish cima, English cumacean, English cymatium, English cyme

Word found in New Latin