536: collar versus column May 27, 2016
If a column holds up a building, what holds up a head?
The Latin word for 'neck' is 'collum' which translates into 'collar' and it is the reason that people talk about collar-bones and shirt-collars which happen to sit on one's neck. Going back to the initial question, some believe that it is related to 'column', which makes some phonological and semantic sense.
The Latin word for 'neck' is 'collum' which translates into 'collar' and it is the reason that people talk about collar-bones and shirt-collars which happen to sit on one's neck. Going back to the initial question, some believe that it is related to 'column', which makes some phonological and semantic sense.