collar English · revision 10391

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1297|origins=xno coler|origins=la collare|origins=ine-pro *kʷel-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈkɒlə/ ''(UK)''; /ˈkɑlɚ/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is Middle English coler, coller, [[bor|xno|coler]], Old French colier, coler, neck, collar (modern French collier),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from Latin collāre, a band or chain for the neck, from collum, neck,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from PIE *kʷol-o-, neck, literally that on which the head turns,^(Etymonline) cognate with Old English heals and German [[m|de|Hals|t=neck]].^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) The spelling was re-Latinized in early modern English.^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A piece of armour protecting the neck: 1297 in the OED, about 1300 in Barnhart.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The part of a garment encircling the neck is from before 1300,^(OED 1989) an ornamental chain or badge from about 1325,^(OED 1989) and a band round the neck of a dog or other animal from 1377.^(OED 1989) The neck-band of a horse's harness is from the mid-15th century.^(Etymonline) The verb, to seize someone by the collar or neck, is from before 1555 (the 1550s),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) to capture from the 1610s,^(Etymonline) and to put a collar on from about 1600.^(Etymonline) Various technical uses date from the 17th century.^(Hoad 1986) An arrest is a later slang sense.^(AHD)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1297 – neck armour.^(OED 1989)

+ * before 1300 – part of a garment.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1377 – a dog collar.^(OED 1989)

+ * before 1555 – to seize by the collar (verb).^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1610s – to capture.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The part of a garment that encircles the neck.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A band put round the neck of an animal to restrain or identify it.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A necklace or band encircling the neck.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A ring-shaped device that holds or guides a machine part.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(slang)'' An arrest.^(AHD)

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+ ===Verb===

+ # To seize or detain; to arrest.^(AHD)

+ # To put a collar on.^(AHD)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[collared]]

+ * [[collarless]]

+ * [[uncollar]]

+ * [[blue-collar]]

+ * [[rainbow-collar]]

+ * [[collarbone]]

+ * [[pink-collar]]

+ * [[white-collar]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[accolade]]

+ * [[décolleté]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}