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ColonEnglish (en) · Unnumbered etymologySource text
Spanish surname, variant of Colón. Also Castilianized form of Colom.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗colonEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
Etymology tree Ancient Greek κῶλον (kôlon)bor. Latin cōlon English colon From Latin cōlon (“a member of a verse of poem”), from Ancient Greek κῶλον (kôlon, “a member, limb, clause, part of a verse”).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗colonEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
Etymology tree Ancient Greek κόλον (kólon)bor. Latin cŏlon English colon From Latin cŏlon (“large intestine”), from Ancient Greek κόλον (kólon, “the large intestine, also food, meat, fodder”).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗colonEnglish (en) · Etymology 3Source text
From French colon.
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1908- ColonEnglish · e-37683-5518
Colon, kō′lon, n. the mark (:) used to indicate a distinct member or clause of a sentence. [Gr. kōlon, a limb, member.]
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Colon, kō′lon, n. that portion of the large intestine which extends from the cæcum to the rectum, which is the terminal portion of the intestinal canal.—n. Colonī′tis, inflammation of the colon. [L.,—Gr. kolon, the large
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