Where does “Colar” come from?
Colar (Portuguese) comes from Late Latin collare, from Latin collāris, from Latin collum, from Latin -is, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.
Colar (Portuguese): necklace, chain
Definitions
- necklace, chain
Ancestry of “Colar”, step by step
Colar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Late Latin collare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | collare | an unattached item worn about the neck;... |
| 2 | Latin | collāris | neck |
| 3 | Latin | collum | neck, throat; upper stem of a plant; servitude |
| 4 | Latin | -is | suffixed to the root of nouns in composition,... |
| 5 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |
via Portuguese Cola
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | Cola | glue, paste sticky adhesive substance |