English
cola
Cola comes from nic; the nic form is not named.
- nicmodernform not named
- Englishtodaycola
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- nicmodernform not named
- Englishtodaycola
The story
The beverage "Coca-Cola" was what made the term widely known, and popularized the spelling with c instead of k.
Another origin of cola
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*keh₂u-d-eh₂‘cleaved, separate’uncertain
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kaudā‘tail’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcauda‘tail’
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CEcoda
- Spanishc. 1500–presentcola‘tail’
- Englishtodaysame form
Today it means
noun The kola plant, genus Cola, famous for its nut, or one of these nuts.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / cola