Where does “semicolonna” come from?

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

semicolonna (Italian): semicolumn

Definitions

  1. semicolumn

Ancestry of “semicolonna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancolonnacolumn, pillar; column; tailback
2Latincolumnacolumn, pillar; waterspout; column as in a book
3Proto-Italickolamen—
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱelH-to freeze
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱelH- →Every word from Proto-Italic kolamen →Every word from Latin columna →