Etymology of the French word col
the Old French word
colderived from the Latin word
collum (neck; neck; throat; head and neck)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kʷel-Date
The earliest known usage of col in French dates from the 12th century.
Derivations in French
coll,
collet,
col-vert,
garde-col,
hausse-col,
torcol,
accoler,
cache-colDerivations in other languages
English
col, Romanian
colCognates
French
cou, Italian
collo, Latin
collum, Provençal
col, Spanish
cuelloUsage
Word found in Old French
