colher
Portuguese
Etymology 1

colher
From Old Portuguese cullar, collar, from Latin cochlear, cochleāris (“spoon”). The Old Portuguese word was influenced by Old French cuiller (French cuiller / cuillère), from the same Latin root. Cognate with Galician culler, French cuillère, Spanish cuchara, Catalan cullera. Confer with caracol (“snail”).
Pronunciation
Related terms
Descendants
- Kabuverdianu: kudjer
Etymology 2
From Latin colligere, present active infinitive of colligō (“collect, gather”). Cognate to Spanish coger. Compare also the borrowed doublet coligir.
Conjugation
Conjugation of the Portuguese -er verb colher
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