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