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Where does “colo” come from?

colo (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese colo, from Latin collum, from Latin -is, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

colo (Portuguese): lap; neck; collum; neck

Definitions

  1. lap; neck; collum; neck

Ancestry of “colo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesecolo—
2Latincollumneck, throat; upper stem of a plant; servitude
3Latin-issuffixed to the root of nouns in composition,...
4Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
5Proto-Italic-ā—
6Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

Words derived from “colo”

  • coleira
  • collo
  • colos
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →