Where does “kolonis” come from?
kolonis (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch kolonist, from Dutch kolonie, from Latin colōnia, from Latin colōnus, from Latin colō, from Latin quelō, from Proto-Italic kʷelō, from Proto-Indo-European kʷéleti — to turn.
kolonis (Afrikaans): colonist
Ancestry of “kolonis”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | kolonist | A colonist, a settler; A child who camped at a... |
| 2 | Dutch | kolonie | colony, dependent human settlement, state or... |
| 3 | Latin | colōnia | — |
| 4 | Latin | colōnus | — |
| 5 | Latin | colō | — |
| 6 | Latin | quelō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |