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)

colonel; a middle-ranking military officer

Descendants

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

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