Where does “colo” come from?
colo (Romanian) comes from Romanian acolo, from Vulgar Latin eccu illoc, from Latin illoc, from Latin illuc, from Latin illōc, from Latin illud, from Latin -ce, from Proto-Italic ke.
Ancestry of “colo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Romanian | acolo | there |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | eccu illoc | — |
| 3 | Latin | illoc | to that place, there, thither |
| 4 | Latin | illuc | thither, to that place, to there; nominative... |
| 5 | Latin | illōc | — |
| 6 | Latin | illud | nominative neuter singular of ille; accusative... |
| 7 | Latin | -ce | affixed, usually to demonstratives, forming... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | ke | here |
| 9 | Indo-European | *ḱe | — |
Words derived from “colo”