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Where does “colere” come from?

colere (Middle English) comes from Middle English coler, from Old French coler, from Latin collāre, from Latin collāris, from Latin collum, from Latin -is, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā.

colere (Middle English): Alternative form of coler

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of coler

Ancestry of “colere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishcolerA piece of clothing or jewelry for around the...
2Old Frenchcolercollar
3Latincollāre—
4Latincollāris—
5Latincollumneck, throat; upper stem of a plant; servitude
6Latin-issuffixed to the root of nouns in composition,...
7Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
8Proto-Italic-ā—
9Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →