myEtymology.com: English etymology of colliery

Etymology of the English word colliery

the English word colliery

derived from the English word collier

derived from the English word coal

derived from the English word col

derived from the Old French word col

derived from the Latin word collum (neck; neck; throat; head and neck)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kʷel-

derived from the English word cal

derived from the French word cal

derived from the Latin word calor (heat; warmth, glow)

derived from the Latin word calere (be, feel, be kept warm)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kelə-

derived from the Latin word callus (hard, tough skin, hide)

derived from the Latin word caulis (stalk, stem; stem of a cabbage)

derived from the Greek word caulis

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gel-

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *kulan

using the English suffix -ier

using the English suffix -y