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Where does “Coll” come from?

Nicholas comes from Old French Nicholas, from Latin Nicolaus, from Ancient Greek Νικόλαος, composed of νίκη meaning "victory" and λαός meaning "people."

Ancestry of “Coll”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishCollen—
2Old Frenchcolercollar
3Latincollāre—
4Latincollāris—
5Latincollumneck, throat; upper stem of a plant; servitude
6Latin-issuffixed to the root of nouns in composition,...
7Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
8Proto-Italic-ā—
9Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

Words derived from “Coll”

  • Colson
  • Collard
  • Collet
  • Colle
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →