Etymology

collum

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Today it means: A neck, cervix, or neckline part or process. Full definition →

Latin collum
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The story

  1. Latin · borrowed fromcollum“the neck”
  2. English todaycollum

Borrowed from Latin collum (“the neck”). Doublet of col.

Words from the same roots

Latincollum all →

col

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