Where does “colos” come from?
colos (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese colo, from Old Portuguese colo, from Latin collum, from Latin -is, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.
colos (Portuguese): plural of colo
Definitions
- plural of colo
Ancestry of “colos”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | colo | lap; neck; collum; neck |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | colo | — |
| 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 | — |