Where does “collar” come from?
Collar derives from Middle English coler, from Old French coler, from Latin cholera, ultimately tracing through Latin collum meaning "neck" to Proto-Indo-European roots kʷel- and ǵʰelh₃-.
collar (English): Anything that encircles the neck; A piece of meat...
Definitions
- Anything that encircles the neck; A piece of meat...
Ancestry of “collar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | coler | A piece of clothing or jewelry for around the... |
| 2 | Old French | coler | collar |
| 3 | Latin | collāre | collar, neckband; chain for the neck |
| 4 | Latin | collāris | neck |
| 5 | Latin | collum | neck, throat; upper stem of a plant; servitude |
| 6 | Latin | -is | suffixed to the root of nouns in composition,... |
| 7 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |