Where does “levicollis” come from?

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

levicollis (Latin): having a smooth neck or stem

Definitions

  1. having a smooth neck or stem

Ancestry of “levicollis”, step by step

levicollis 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-Italic-āForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

via Latin lēvis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlēvislight, not heavy
2Proto-Italicleɣʷislight
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁léngʰuslightweight
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁lengʷʰ-light
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from Latin -is →Every word from Latin -a →