Where does “Colling” come from?
Colling (English) comes from English Coll, from English Collen, from Old French coler, from Latin collāre, from Latin collāris, from Latin collum, from Latin -is, from Latin -a.
Colling (English): The act of colling; hugging or embracing
Definitions
- The act of colling; hugging or embracing
Ancestry of “Colling”, step by step
Colling traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 | — |