Where does “columna” come from?

columna (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese coluna, from Latin columna, from Proto-Italic kolamen, from Proto-Indo-European ḱelH- — to freeze.

columna (Portuguese): Obsolete spelling of coluna

Definitions

  1. Obsolete spelling of coluna

Ancestry of “columna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesecolunacolumn; pillar; spine; backbone; a military...
2Latincolumnacolumn, pillar; waterspout; column as in a book
3Proto-Italickolamen—
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱelH-to freeze
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱelH- →Every word from Proto-Italic kolamen →Every word from Latin columna →