Where does “ἔσχατοκολλον” come from?

ἔσχατοκολλον (Byzantine Greek) comes from Ancient Greek κόλλα, from Proto-Indo-European ḱol-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱel- — to cover; to incline.

ἔσχατοκολλον (Byzantine Greek): last sheet glued onto a manuscript

Definitions

  1. last sheet glued onto a manuscript

Ancestry of “ἔσχατοκολλον”, step by step

ἔσχατοκολλον traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ancient Greek κόλλα

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekκόλλαglue; flour paste
2Proto-Indo-Europeanḱol-thorn, thorny plant
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱel-to cover; to incline

via Ancient Greek ἔσχατον

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekἔσχατονneuter singular of ἔσχατος
2Ancient GreekἔσχατοςAt one end of a continuum
3Proto-Indo-Europeaneǵʰs-katos—

Words derived from “ἔσχατοκολλον”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱol- →Every word from Ancient Greek κόλλα →