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Where does “cuello” come from?

cuello (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish cuello, from Latin collum, from Latin -is, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

cuello (Spanish): neck; collar

Definitions

  1. neck; collar

Ancestry of “cuello”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishcuelloneck
2Latincollumneck, throat; upper stem of a plant; servitude
3Latin-issuffixed to the root of nouns in composition,...
4Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
5Proto-Italic-ā—
6Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

Words derived from “cuello”

  • quellio
  • alzacuello
  • descollar
  • tiracuello
  • cuellilargo
  • acollador
  • acollar
  • tiracolo
  • kuwelyo
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →