PROTO-INDO-EUROPEAN
ROOT
EXTENSIONS
• Lat. collis -is, m. ‘a hill’, ‘hillock’, ‘eminence’, ‘mound’, ‘hummock’ (OLD: 352)
• Lat. columen -inis, n. ‘roof’, ’summit’, ‘ridge-pole’ (OLD: 357)
• Lat. culmen -inis, m. ‘the summit’, ‘the highest part’, ‘eminence’ (OLD: 465)
• Lat. praecellō -ere ‘be superior of others’, ‘be pre-eminent’, ‘excel’ (OLD: 1421-1422)
• Lat. excellō -ere ‘be superior in hight’, ‘be pre-eminent’, ‘surpass’, ‘exceed’ (OLD: 633)
References
OLD = Glare, P. G. W. 1968. Oxford Latin Dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.