Etymology Explorer › Middle English

Where does “colier” come from?

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

Ancestry of “colier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchcollierA necklace, string-shaped jewel worn 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—

Words derived from “colier”

  • colliery
  • collier
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →