Where does “coluna” come from?

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

coluna (Portuguese): column; pillar; spine; backbone; a military...

Definitions

  1. column; pillar; spine; backbone; a military...

Ancestry of “coluna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincolumnacolumn, pillar; waterspout; column as in a book
2Proto-Italickolamen—
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱelH-to freeze

Words derived from “coluna”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱelH- →Every word from Proto-Italic kolamen →Every word from Latin columna →
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