Where does “décoller” come from?
décoller (French) comes from French coller, from French colle, from Vulgar Latin colla, from Latin cuculla, from Latin cucullus, from Proto-Indo-European kuH-l-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewH- — to cover, bedeck; cover.
décoller (French): To take off; unstick; se décoller
Definitions
- To take off; unstick; se décoller
Ancestry of “décoller”, step by step
décoller traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French coller
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | coller | to stick, to glue; se coller; To be sticky; to... |
| 2 | French | colle | glue; first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | colla | nominative plural of collum; accusative plural of... |
| 4 | Latin | cuculla | Alternative form of cucullus |
| 5 | Latin | cucullus | a covering for the head, hood, cowl; a conical... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kuH-l- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kewH- | to cover, bedeck; cover |
via Latin decollare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | decollare | present active infinitive of dēcollō;... |
| 2 | Latin | collum | neck, throat; upper stem of a plant; servitude |
| 3 | Latin | -is | suffixed to the root of nouns in composition,... |
| 4 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |