Where does “autocolante” come from?
autocolante (Portuguese) comes from French autocollant, from French collant, from French coller, from French colle, from Vulgar Latin colla, from Latin cuculla, from Latin cucullus, from Proto-Indo-European kuH-l- — to cover, bedeck; cover.
autocolante (Portuguese): a sticker which sticks without being moistened;...
Definitions
- a sticker which sticks without being moistened;...
Ancestry of “autocolante”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | autocollant | self-adhesive; A sticker, an adhesive label or... |
| 2 | French | collant | present participle of coller; sticky, gluey,... |
| 3 | French | coller | to stick, to glue; se coller; To be sticky; to... |
| 4 | French | colle | glue; first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | colla | nominative plural of collum; accusative plural of... |
| 6 | Latin | cuculla | Alternative form of cucullus |
| 7 | Latin | cucullus | a covering for the head, hood, cowl; a conical... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kuH-l- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kewH- | to cover, bedeck; cover |