Where does “kola” come from?
kola (Kabuverdianu) comes from Portuguese Colar, from Late Latin collare, from Latin collāris, from Latin collum, from Latin -is, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.
kola (Kabuverdianu): to glue
Definitions
- to glue
Ancestry of “kola”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | Colar | necklace, chain |
| 2 | Late Latin | collare | an unattached item worn about the neck;... |
| 3 | Latin | collāris | neck |
| 4 | Latin | collum | neck, throat; upper stem of a plant; servitude |
| 5 | Latin | -is | suffixed to the root of nouns in composition,... |
| 6 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |