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Where does “portcolyse” come from?

portcolyse (Middle English) comes from Old French porte coleice, from Old French colëiz, from Vulgar Latin *colātīcius, from Latin colō, from Latin quelō, from Proto-Italic kʷelō, from Proto-Indo-European kʷéleti, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.

Ancestry of “portcolyse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchporte coleice—
2Old Frenchcolëiz—
3Vulgar Latin*colātīcius—
4Latincolō—
5Latinquelō—
6Proto-Italickʷelō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeankʷéleti—
8Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- →