Where does “collibè” come from?
collibè (Catalan) comes from Catalan coll, from Latin collum, from Latin -is, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.
Ancestry of “collibè”, step by step
collibè traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Catalan coll
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | coll | neck; throat; collar |
| 2 | Latin | collum | neck, throat; upper stem of a plant; servitude |
| 3 | Latin | -is | suffixed to the root of nouns in composition,... |
| 4 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |
via Catalan bé
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | bé | well; good |
| 2 | Latin | bene | well; properly, exactly; agreeably, favorably |
| 3 | Latin | bonus | good, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant;... |
| 4 | Old Latin | duenos | Alternative form of duonus |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | dwenos | good |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dew- | to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be... |