Where does “kolaasa” come from?
kolaasa (Hopi) comes from Spanish coraza, from Latin coriāceus, from Latin -āceus, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
kolaasa (Hopi): leather
Definitions
- leather
Ancestry of “kolaasa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | coraza | cuirass; poitrel |
| 2 | Latin | coriāceus | leather |
| 3 | Latin | -āceus | aceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to |
| 4 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 5 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 6 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |