## Etymology
Named after the German city of Cologne (German Köln), where eau de Cologne was first produced in the early 18th century by Italian perfumer Johann Maria Farina. The city name derives from Latin Colonia ('colony').

## AI Etymology
Cologne is traced as follows: Named after the German city of Cologne (German Köln), where eau de Cologne was first produced in the early 18th century by Italian perfumer Johann Maria Farina. The city name derives from Latin Colonia ('colony'). The historical trail runs through Colonia in Latin. Used as a noun, cologne now means "a lightly scented perfume made of alcohol and aromatic oils", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The result is a borrowed or transmitted form whose modern spelling carries a compact record of its route into English.

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