cologne

cologne · noun, verb¹

1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ékʷeh₂
2. Proto-Italic*akʷā
3. Latinaqua
4. Old Frenchewe
5. Middle Frencheau
6. Frencheau
7. Proto-Indo-European*de
8. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
9. Proto-Italic*dē
10. Latindē
11. Old Frenchde
12. Middle Frenchde
13. Frenchde
14. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
15. Proto-Indo-European*kʷélh₁eti
16. Proto-Italic*kʷelō
17. Latincolō
18. Latincolōnus
19. Latincolōnia
20. LatinClaudia
21. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eHs-
22. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éHsh₂
23. Proto-Italic*āsā
24. Latinara
25. LatinAgrippa
26. LatinAgrippina
27. LatinColōnia Claudia Āra Agrippīnēnsiumellip.
28. LatinColōnia Agrippīna
29. Old FrenchCologne
30. FrenchCologne
31. Frencheau de Cologne
32. Englisheau de Cologneellip.
33. English todaycologne

Ellipsis of eau de Cologne (French eau de Cologne), the name given to the original product in 1709. The success of the original Eau de Cologne inspired many imitators and it has become a genericized trademark. See Cologne. Doublet of colony

Cologne · proper noun²

1. Latin · derived fromColōnia Agrippīna“Agrippine Colony”
2. Old French · derived fromCologne
3. Middle English · inherited fromColoyne
4. English todayCologne

From Middle English Coloyne, from Old French Cologne, from Latin Colōnia Agrippīna (“Agrippine Colony”), a settlement named after Agrippina, the mother of Roman Emperor Nero; colōnia (“colony”) comes from colōnus (“farmer; colonist”), from verb colo, colere (“till, cultivate, worship”). Doublet of Colonia, colony, and Köln, from German.

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