Where does “colline” come from?
colline (Italian) comes from Italian collina, from Latin collīna, from Latin collīnus, from Latin -ina, from Latin -īnus, from Proto-Italic -īnos, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.
colline (Italian): plural of collina
Ancestry of “colline”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | collina | hill |
| 2 | Latin | collīna | — |
| 3 | Latin | collīnus | — |
| 4 | Latin | -ina | nominative feminine singular of -īnus; nominative... |
| 5 | Latin | -īnus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -īnos | of/belonging to |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |