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Where does “coluro” come from?

coluro (Spanish) comes from Latin colurus, from Ancient Greek κόλουρος, from Ancient Greek οὐρά, from Proto-Indo-European ors- — tail.

coluro (Spanish): colure

Definitions

  1. colure

Ancestry of “coluro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincolurustruncated, too short, mutilated, maimed, mangled;...
2Ancient Greekκόλουροςdock-tailed, stump-tailed; truncated; colure,...
3Ancient Greekοὐράthe tail, of a lion, dog etc; the rear-guard,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanors-tail
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