Culver
/ˈkʌl.vər/noun
An archaic or dialectal English word for a dove or pigeon, especially a wood pigeon.
Did you know?Culver survives in English place-names such as Culverhouse, originally associated with a house or structure connected with keeping pigeons or doves.
Etymological Timeline
Classical Latin
Latin
columba
“Dove or pigeon; the source traditionally connected with the later Germanic and English forms.”
Proto-West Germanic
PWGmc
*kulibrō
“Reconstructed word for a dove or pigeon, adapted from the Latin word-family.”
Old English
Old English
culfre
“Dove or pigeon.”
Middle English
Middle English
culver
“A dove or pigeon; the spelling developed toward the modern form.”
Modern English
English
culver
“An archaic, dialectal, or poetic term for a dove or pigeon, particularly a wood pigeon.”
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