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Where does “maculicollis” come from?

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

maculicollis (Latin): having a spotted or speckled neck or stem

Definitions

  1. having a spotted or speckled neck or stem

Ancestry of “maculicollis”, step by step

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-ā—
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →