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Where does “collagelike” come from?

collagelike (English) comes from English collage, from French collage, from French coller, from French colle, from Vulgar Latin colla, from Latin cuculla, from Latin cucullus, from Proto-Indo-European kuH-l- — to cover, bedeck; cover.

collagelike (English): Resembling a collage; presenting a jumble of...

Definitions

  1. Resembling a collage; presenting a jumble of...

Ancestry of “collagelike”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcollageA picture made by sticking other pictures onto a...
2Frenchcollagecollage; montage
3Frenchcollerto stick, to glue; se coller; To be sticky; to...
4Frenchcolleglue; first-person singular present indicative of...
5Vulgar Latincollanominative plural of collum; accusative plural of...
6LatincucullaAlternative form of cucullus
7Latincucullusa covering for the head, hood, cowl; a conical...
8Proto-Indo-EuropeankuH-l-—
9Proto-Indo-European(s)kewH-to cover, bedeck; cover
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