Where does “Collard” come from?
Collard derives from English Coll, a nickname form of English Nicholas, from Middle English Nicholas, from Old French Nicholas, from Latin Nicolaus, from Ancient Greek Νικόλαος, composed of νίκη meaning victory and λαός meaning people.
Collard (English): A Mediterranean variety of kale, Brassica oleracea var. acephala
Definitions
- A Mediterranean variety of kale, Brassica oleracea var. acephala
Ancestry of “Collard”, step by step
Collard traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English colewort
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | colewort | A plant of the genus "Brassica"; now... |
| 2 | Middle English | coolwort | colewort |
| 3 | Middle English | wort | A plant; Wort or an analogous mixture |
| 4 | Old English | wyrt | plant; herb; wort |
| 5 | Old English | bisċop | bishop |
| 6 | Latin | episcopus | an overseer, supervisor, bishop in a Christian... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἐπίσκοπος | watcher, guardian; scout, watch; overseer,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἐπισκοπέω | I watch over |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ἐπι- | on, upon, on top of, all over, covering; on,... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | ἐπί | as well, besides; For usage in composition, see... |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | Ἡμέρα | — |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | ἦμαρ | day; by day; midday |
| 13 | Proto-Hellenic | ā́mər | day |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eh₃mr̥ | heat |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eh₃- | to be hot; to burn |
via English Coll
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Coll | A medieval English short form of the male given name Nicholas; very rare today |
| 2 | English | Collen | — |
| 3 | Old French | coler | collar |
| 4 | Latin | collāre | collar, neckband; chain for the neck |
| 5 | Latin | collāris | neck |
| 6 | Latin | collum | neck, throat; upper stem of a plant; servitude |
| 7 | Latin | -is | suffixed to the root of nouns in composition,... |
| 8 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |