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Where does “collo” come from?

collo (Italian) comes from Latin collum, from Latin -is, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

collo (Italian): neck; collar; parcel, package; luggage

Definitions

  1. neck; collar; parcel, package; luggage

Ancestry of “collo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincollumneck, throat; upper stem of a plant; servitude
2Latin-issuffixed to the root of nouns in composition,...
3Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
4Proto-Italic-ā—
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

Words derived from “collo”

  • colletto
  • torcicollo
  • tendicollo
  • collottola
  • girocollo
  • kolli
  • kolli
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →