colon
The origin and history of colon.
Etymology
From Latin colon, "a clause of a poem," from Greek kolon, "limb, clause, part of a verse" — the intestinal sense comes from a separate, similar-looking Greek word for the organ.
The origin and history of colon.
From Latin colon, "a clause of a poem," from Greek kolon, "limb, clause, part of a verse" — the intestinal sense comes from a separate, similar-looking Greek word for the organ.