Where does “Kolonne” come from?
Kolonne (German) comes from French colonne, from Middle French colomne, from Old French columne, from Latin columna, from Proto-Italic kolamen, from Proto-Indo-European ḱelH- — to freeze.
Kolonne (German): platoon; fractionating column
Definitions
- platoon; fractionating column
Ancestry of “Kolonne”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | colonne | column, pillar; column; file |
| 2 | Middle French | colomne | — |
| 3 | Old French | columne | column |
| 4 | Latin | columna | column, pillar; waterspout; column as in a book |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kolamen | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱelH- | to freeze |