English
collar
Collar comes from Latin collāris ‘neck’, and goes back to collum.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcollum‘neck’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcollāris‘neck’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEcollāre
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400coler
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form‘a neckband or collar’
- Englishearliest quotation 1906collar
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcollum‘neck’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcollāris‘neck’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEcollāre
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400coler
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form‘a neckband or collar’
- Englishearliest quotation 1906collar
Earliest quotation: 1906, Stanley John Weyman, New York: “It was April 22, 1831, and a young man…”
Linked words
through Latin collum ‘neck’
Today it means
noun The part of an upper garment (shirt, jacket, etc.) that fits around the neck and throat, especially if sewn from a separate piece of fabric.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin collum / collar