Where does “coulevrine” come from?
coulevrine (Old French) comes from Latin colubra, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.
Ancestry of “coulevrine”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | colubra | a female snake, serpent; snake, serpent |
| 2 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | -ā | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |
Words derived from “coulevrine”