Where does “collum” come from?

collum (English) comes from Latin collum, from Latin -is, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

collum (English): A neck or cervix; A collar

Definitions

  1. A neck or cervix; A collar

Ancestry of “collum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincollumneck, throat; upper stem of a plant; servitude
2Latin-issuffixed to the root of nouns in composition,...
3Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
4Proto-Italic-āForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

Words derived from “collum”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from Latin -is →Every word from Latin -a →