coll

coll · verb¹

1. Latin · derived fromad
2. Old French · derived fromcoler
3. Middle English · inherited fromcollen
4. English todaycoll

From Middle English collen, from Old French coler, acoler (“accoll, throw arms round neck of”); ultimately from Latin ad + collum (“neck”).

Coll · proper noun²

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκολοσσός“giant figure”
2. Proto-Celtic · derived from*koslos“hazel”
3. Proto-Brythonic · derived from*koll
4. Old Irish · derived from*koll
5. Latin · derived fromColosus
6. English todayColl

Uncertain. The island name, from Latin Colosus (704 AD), is often associated with an Old Irish *koll or Proto-Brythonic *koll, themselves both from Proto-Celtic *koslos (“hazel”). Derivation from Ancient Greek κολοσσός (kolossós, “giant figure”) has been called "naïve" by Coates (2006).

Coll · proper noun³

Clipping of Nicholas

Words from the same roots