Where does “colmare” come from?

colmare (Italian) comes from Italian colmo, from Latin culmen, from Proto-Italic kolamen, from Proto-Indo-European ḱelH- — to freeze.

colmare (Italian): to fill up to the brim; to fill with soil or...

Definitions

  1. to fill up to the brim; to fill with soil or...

Ancestry of “colmare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancolmofull; summit, top, acme; height
2Latinculmenstalk; top, roof, summit, peak; height, acme
3Proto-Italickolamen—
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱelH-to freeze

Words derived from “colmare”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱelH- →Every word from Proto-Italic kolamen →Every word from Latin culmen →