Where does “colonnello” come from?

colonnello (Old Italian) comes from Latin columna, from Proto-Italic kolamen, from Proto-Indo-European ḱelH- — to freeze.

colonnello (Old Italian): the officer of a small company of soldiers that...

Definitions

  1. the officer of a small company of soldiers that...

Ancestry of “colonnello”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincolumnacolumn, pillar; waterspout; column as in a book
2Proto-Italickolamen—
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱelH-to freeze

Words derived from “colonnello”

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