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Where does “colletin” come from?

colletin (French) comes from French Collet, from Italian colletto, from Italian collo, from Latin collum, from Latin -is, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

colletin (French): jerkin

Definitions

  1. jerkin

Ancestry of “colletin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchCollet—
2Italiancollettocollar
3Italiancolloneck; collar; parcel, package; luggage
4Latincollumneck, throat; upper stem of a plant; servitude
5Latin-issuffixed to the root of nouns in composition,...
6Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
7Proto-Italic-ā—
8Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

Words derived from “colletin”

  • coltiner
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →