Where does “colonnello” come from?

colonnello (Italian) comes from Italian colonna, from Latin columna, from Proto-Italic kolamen, from Proto-Indo-European ḱelH- — to freeze.

colonnello (Italian): colonel

Definitions

  1. colonel

Ancestry of “colonnello”, step by step

colonnello traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian colonna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancolonnacolumn, pillar; column; tailback
2Latincolumnacolumn, pillar; waterspout; column as in a book
3Proto-Italickolamen—
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱelH-to freeze

via Old Italian colonnella

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Italiancolonnellasmall company or column of soldiers at the head...

Words derived from “colonnello”

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