Where does “brevicollis” come from?

brevicollis (Latin) comes from Latin collum, from Latin -is, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

brevicollis (Latin): having a short neck; having a short stem

Definitions

  1. having a short neck; having a short stem

Ancestry of “brevicollis”, step by step

brevicollis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin collum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincollumneck, throat; upper stem of a plant; servitude
2Latin-issuffixed to the root of nouns in composition,...
3Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
4Proto-ItalicForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₂

via Latin brevis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinbrevisshort, small, little, narrow; brief, short;...
2Proto-Italic*breɣʷis
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmréǵʰusshort; brief
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmreǵʰ-short
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂Every word from Latin -isEvery word from Latin -a
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