Where does “colmo” come from?

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

colmo (Italian): full; summit, top, acme; height

Definitions

  1. full; summit, top, acme; height

Ancestry of “colmo”, step by step

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

Words derived from “colmo”

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