Where does “colinar” come from?
colinar (Romanian) comes from Romanian colină, from French colline, from Italian collina, from Latin collīna, from Latin collīnus, from Latin -ina, from Latin -īnus, from Proto-Italic -īnos — adjectival suffix.
colinar (Romanian): hilly
Definitions
- hilly
Ancestry of “colinar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | colină | hillock |
| 2 | French | colline | hill, downs |
| 3 | Italian | collina | hill |
| 4 | Latin | collīna | hill |
| 5 | Latin | collīnus | Of a hill; growing on a hill |
| 6 | Latin | -ina | nominative feminine singular of -īnus; nominative... |
| 7 | Latin | -īnus | of or pertaining to; -ine |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -īnos | of/belonging to |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |