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Where does “colline” come from?

colline (French) comes from Italian collina, from Latin collīna, from Latin collīnus, from Latin -ina, from Latin -īnus, from Proto-Italic -īnos, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.

colline (French): hill, downs

Definitions

  1. hill, downs

Ancestry of “colline”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancollinahill
2Latincollīna—
3Latincollīnus—
4Latin-inanominative feminine singular of -īnus; nominative...
5Latin-īnus—
6Proto-Italic-īnosof/belonging to
7Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
8Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

Words derived from “colline”

  • colline
  • intercolline
  • collinaire
  • colinoso
  • colina
  • colină
  • kolino
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