Why is Colonel spelled this way?
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Two pronunciations coexisted; the r prevailed in English. Spanish took both the spelling and pronunciation: coronel. As reported from the NOAD: ORIGIN middle 16th Century: from obsolete French coronel (earlier form of colonel), from Italian colonnello (column of soldiers) from colonna (column) from Latin columna.Jan 25, 2011
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Two pronunciations coexisted; the r prevailed in English. Spanish took both the spelling and pronunciation: coronel. As reported from the NOAD: ORIGIN middle 16th Century: from obsolete French coronel (earlier form of colonel), from Italian colonnello (column of soldiers) from colonna (column) from Latin columna.Jan 25, 2011