collum etymology

Latin word collum comes from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-

Detailed word origin of collum

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
*kʷel- Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro)
*kʷolso- Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro)
collum Latin (lat) (anatomy) neck, throat. (symbolically) servitude. Upper stem of a plant.

Words with the same origin as collum

Descendants of *kʷel-
ager agri agrum celeriter culpa procul