collar English · revision 13278

− 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)