Where does “collatéral” come from?

collatéral (French) comes from French latéral, from Latin laterālis, from Latin lātus, from Latin cauda, from Proto-Italic kaudā, from Proto-Indo-European keh₂udeh₂.

collatéral (French): collateral

Definitions

  1. collateral

Ancestry of “collatéral”, step by step

collatéral traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French latéral

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchlatérallateral; side
2LatinlaterālisOf or belonging to the side; lateral
3Latinlātuswide, broad
4LatincaudaA tail
5Proto-Italickaudātail
6Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂udeh₂—

via Latin collaterālis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincollaterālis—
2Latincol-allomorph of con-

Words derived from “collatéral”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂udeh₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic kaudā →Every word from Latin cauda →