Where does “Colson” come from?
Colson is an English surname derived from the given name Nicholas, which comes from Old French Nicholas, Latin Nicolaus, and Ancient Greek Nikolaos, meaning "victory of the people" from nikē and laos.
Ancestry of “Colson”, step by step
Colson 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 | — |