Italian word colonnello comes from Italian -ello (Forms diminutives of words.), Italian colonna

Detailed word origin of colonnello

Dictionary entry	Language	Definition
-ello	Italian (ita)	Forms diminutives of words.
colonna	Italian (ita)	(architecture) column, pillar. (chess) file. Tailback (of traffic).
colonnello	Italian (ita)	Colonel.

Words with the same origin as colonnello