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Where does “colonne” come from?

colonne (Dutch) comes from French colonne, from Middle French colomne, from Old French columne, from Latin columna, from Proto-Italic kolamen, from Proto-Indo-European ḱelH- — to freeze.

colonne (Dutch): column; column, pillar, sile

Definitions

  1. column; column, pillar, sile

Ancestry of “colonne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcolonnecolumn, pillar; column; file
2Middle Frenchcolomne—
3Old Frenchcolumnecolumn
4Latincolumnacolumn, pillar; waterspout; column as in a book
5Proto-Italickolamen—
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱelH-to freeze
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