Where does “motocolonna” come from?
motocolonna (Italian) comes from Italian colonna, from Latin columna, from Proto-Italic kolamen, from Proto-Indo-European ḱelH- — to freeze.
motocolonna (Italian): motorized column
Ancestry of “motocolonna”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | colonna | column, pillar; column; tailback |
| 2 | Latin | columna | column, pillar; waterspout; column as in a book |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | kolamen | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱelH- | to freeze |