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.
portcolyse (Middle English): portcullis
Definitions
- portcullis
Ancestry of “portcolyse”, step by step
portcolyse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French porte coleice
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | porte coleice | portcullis |
| 2 | Old French | colëiz | sliding, fluid |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | *colātīcius | — |
| 4 | Latin | colō | to cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden |
| 5 | Latin | quelō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |
via Anglo-Norman porte coliz
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anglo-Norman | porte coliz | — |