Where does “Colognian” come from?
Colognian (English) comes from English cologne, from French Cologne, from Old French Cologne, from Latin colōnia, from Latin colōnus, from Latin colō, from Latin quelō, from Proto-Italic kʷelō — to turn.
Colognian (English): Of or relating to the city of Cologne in Germany;...
Definitions
- Of or relating to the city of Cologne in Germany;...
Ancestry of “Colognian”, step by step
Colognian traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English cologne
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cologne | A type of perfume consisting of 2-5% essential... |
| 2 | French | Cologne | — |
| 3 | Old French | Cologne | — |
| 4 | Latin | colōnia | A colony, settlement |
| 5 | Latin | colōnus | farmer, especially a kind of tenant farmer or sharecropper; husbandman; tiller of the soil |
| 6 | Latin | colō | to cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden |
| 7 | Latin | quelō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |
via English ian
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ian | — |
| 2 | Irish | Eoin | John any of several people in the Bible |
| 3 | Old Irish | Iohain | John apostle |
| 4 | Latin | Iōannēs | John biblical persons |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Ἰωάννης | — |
| 6 | Hebrew | יוחנן | Yahweh is gracious |
| 7 | Hebrew | חנון | gracious, merciful, compassionate; passive... |
| 8 | Moroccan Arabic | خنونة | mucus, snot |
| 9 | Arabic | خُنَّة | — |