Where does “colunar” come from?

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

colunar (Portuguese): column; columnar

Definitions

  1. column; columnar

Ancestry of “colunar”, step by step

colunar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Portuguese coluna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesecolunacolumn; pillar; spine; backbone; a military...
2Latincolumnacolumn, pillar; waterspout; column as in a book
3Proto-Italickolamen—
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱelH-to freeze

via Spanish columnario

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishcolumnarioColumnario

Words derived from “colunar”

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