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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.

Ancestry of “Colar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latincollarean unattached item worn about the neck;...
2Latincollāris—
3Latincollumneck, throat; upper stem of a plant; servitude
4Latin-issuffixed to the root of nouns in composition,...
5Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
6Proto-Italic-ā—
7Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →