coronnel

Middle French

Etymology

From Italian colonnello (“colonel; commanding officer of a column of soldiers who march at the head of a regiment”) from Old Italian colonnella (“small company or column of soldiers at the head of a regiment, commanded by a colonel”) via compagnia colonnella (literally “little column company”) from Medieval Latin colonellus; diminutives of colonna, from Latin columna (“pillar, column”), collateral form of columen, from Proto-Italic *kolamen, from Proto-Indo-European *kelH- (“to rise, be tall”). Compare French colonel, a later borrowing closer to the Italian source form.

Noun

coronnel m (plural coronnels)

1. colonel; a middle-ranking military officer

Descendants

• → English: coronel
  • ⇒ English: colonel
• → Norman: coronel
• → Old Occitan: coronel
  • ⇒ Occitan: coronèl, coronèu
  • → Portuguese: coronel
  • → Spanish: coronel