Where does “cole” come from?
Cole comes from Middle English cole, from Old English cawel, from Latin caulis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European gel-.
cole (English): Cabbage; Brassica; a plant of the "Brassica"...
Definitions
- Cabbage; Brassica; a plant of the "Brassica"...
Ancestry of “cole”, step by step
cole traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English cole
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | cole | coal |
| 2 | Old English | cāwel | colewort |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *kauli | cabbage, colewort |
| 4 | Latin | caulis | dative plural of caulae; ablative plural of... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | καυλός | stem, stalk; shaft |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂ulós | — |
via Middle English col
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | col | cole; coal |
| 2 | Old English | cōl | cool, cold, tranquil, calm |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | kōl(ī) | cool |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | kōluz | cool |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | kalaną | to be cold, to freeze |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵel- | to swallow; swallow |