Columbo

Borrowed from Italian Columbo.

Columbo (plural Columbos)

1. A surname from Italian.

• German: Columbo

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Columbo”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 357.
• Forebears

Columbo

1. Obsolete form of Colombo (“Sri Lankan city”).

Unadapted borrowing from English Columbo, surname of a famous TV detective portrayed in the series of the same name.

Columbo m

1. Sherlock; used to refer to someone who expresses the obvious while not being aware of its obviousness

   Synonym: Einstein

• Colombo

Likely from or related to Latin columbus.

Columbo m or f by sense

1. a surname

• English: Columbo

• coulomb