columna etymology

Latin word columna comes from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-, Proto-Slavic *-nъ, Proto-Indo-European *kelH-

Detailed word origin of columna

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
*kʷel- Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro)
*-nъ Proto-Slavic (sla-pro)
*kelH- Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro)
*kolamen Proto-Italic (itc-pro)
*ḱer- Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro)
culminis Latin (lat)
columna Latin (lat) (New Latin) column as in a book. Column, pillar. Waterspout.

Words with the same origin as columna

Descendants of *kʷel-
ager agri agrum celeriter culpa procul
Descendants of *kelH-
celsus