Where does “kolonel” come from?
kolonel (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch kolonel, from Middle French coronel, from Italian colonnello, from Italian -ello, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
kolonel (Afrikaans): colonel
Ancestry of “kolonel”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | kolonel | colonel, the military rank; A size of type... |
| 2 | Middle French | coronel | — |
| 3 | Italian | colonnello | colonel |
| 4 | Italian | -ello | Alterative suffix used to form... |
| 5 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 6 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |