Where does “colla” come from?
colla (Spanish) comes from Catalan colla, from Latin copula, from Latin co-, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic kom, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
colla (Spanish): A team of dockworkers or stevedores
Definitions
- A team of dockworkers or stevedores
Ancestry of “colla”, step by step
colla traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Catalan colla
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | colla | group, gang, band; a team of practitioners of... |
| 2 | Latin | copula | A bond, tie, or other connecting item |
| 3 | Latin | co- | allomorph of con- |
| 4 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 5 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 6 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 10 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 11 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 12 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 13 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Latin collum
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | collum | neck, throat; upper stem of a plant; servitude |
| 2 | Latin | -is | suffixed to the root of nouns in composition,... |
| 3 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |