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
- column; column, pillar, sile
Ancestry of “colonne”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | colonne | column, pillar; column; file |
| 2 | Middle French | colomne | — |
| 3 | Old French | columne | column |
| 4 | Latin | columna | column, pillar; waterspout; column as in a book |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kolamen | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱelH- | to freeze |