Where does “colonnette” come from?

colonnette (English) comes from French colonnette, from French colonne, from Middle French colomne, from Old French columne, from Latin columna, from Proto-Italic kolamen, from Proto-Indo-European ḱelH- — to freeze.

colonnette (English): a small, thin column, especially one used to...

Definitions

  1. a small, thin column, especially one used to...

Ancestry of “colonnette”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcolonnettea small column
2Frenchcolonnecolumn, pillar; column; file
3Middle Frenchcolomnecolumn
4Old Frenchcolumnecolumn
5Latincolumnacolumn, pillar; waterspout; column as in a book
6Proto-Italickolamen—
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱelH-to freeze
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱelH- →Every word from Proto-Italic kolamen →Every word from Latin columna →