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Where does “Collinge” come from?

Collinge (English) comes from English Colling, from English Coll, from English Collen, from Old French coler, from Latin collāre, from Latin collāris, from Latin collum, from Latin -is.

Ancestry of “Collinge”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishColling—
2EnglishColl—
3EnglishCollen—
4Old Frenchcolercollar
5Latincollāre—
6Latincollāris—
7Latincollumneck, throat; upper stem of a plant; servitude
8Latin-issuffixed to the root of nouns in composition,...
9Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
10Proto-Italic-ā—
11Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →