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Where does “Eau de Cologne” come from?

Eau de Cologne (French) comes from Latin Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium.

Ancestry of “Eau de Cologne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinColonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium—
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