collum C2+ Topic:The Human Body US /ˈkɑləm/ UK /ˈkɒləm/ See IPA manual Homophones column /ˈkɑləm/ Meanings 1 noun a neck or neck-like part of a structure in anatomy The fracture ran across the collum of the femur. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a neck or neck-like part of... neckcervix Word family Derived forms collar Related forms cervicalcollar Etymology AI details From Latin collum ('neck'), used in anatomical Latin to denote a neck-like part. From Proto-Italic *kʷolso-, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- ('to turn'). collum Latin *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European View etymology graph -> Topics The Human Body External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # collum **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈkɑləm/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈkɒləm/ ## Meanings 1. a neck or neck-like part of a structure in anatomy ## Examples - The fracture ran across the collum of the femur. ## Synonyms - neck - cervix ## Derived Forms - collar ## Related Forms - cervical - collar ## Roots and Affixes - Root: collum - Root: *kʷel- ## Etymology From Latin collum ('neck'), used in anatomical Latin to denote a neck-like part. From Proto-Italic *kʷolso-, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- ('to turn'). ## AI Etymology Collum comes from Latin collum ('neck'), used in anatomical Latin to denote a neck-like part. From Proto-Italic *kʷolso-, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- ('to turn'). The historical trail runs through collum in Latin and *kʷel- in Proto-Indo-European. Used as a noun, collum now means "a neck or neck-like part of a structure in anatomy", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in derived forms such as collar and related forms such as cervical and collar. The result is a borrowed or transmitted form whose modern spelling carries a compact record of its route into English. ## Topics - The Human Body markdown