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Where does “porte coleice” come from?

porte coleice (Old French) comes 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 “porte coleice”, step by step

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