Where does “eau de Cologne” come from?
eau de Cologne (French) comes from French Cologne, from Old French Cologne, from Latin colōnia, from Latin colōnus, from Latin colō, from Latin quelō, from Proto-Italic kʷelō, from Proto-Indo-European kʷéleti — to turn.
eau de Cologne (French): cologne
Ancestry of “eau de Cologne”, step by step
Words derived from “eau de Cologne”