Where does “bicollo” come from?
bicollo (Italian) comes from Italian bi, from Latin B, from Etruscan 𐌁, from Ancient Greek β, from Phoenician 𐤁, from Egyptian 𓉐.
bicollo (Italian): carrying pole
Definitions
- carrying pole
Ancestry of “bicollo”, step by step
bicollo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian bi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | bi | The name of the Latin-script letter B.; bee |
| 2 | Latin | B | — |
| 3 | Etruscan | 𐌁 | be |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | β | Lower-case beta (βῆτα), the second letter of the ancient Greek alphabet. It represented the voiced bilabial plosive: and later the voiced labiodental fricative. It is preceded by α and followed by γ |
| 5 | Phoenician | 𐤁 | bet; beth; house |
| 6 | Egyptian | 𓉐 | — |
via Italian collo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | collo | neck; collar; parcel, package; luggage |
| 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 | — |