Where does “-colous” come from?

-colous (English) comes from Latin -cola, from Latin colō, from Latin quelō, from Proto-Italic kʷelō, from Proto-Indo-European kʷéleti, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.

-colous (English): Having a specified habitat

Definitions

  1. Having a specified habitat

Ancestry of “-colous”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-colainhabitor; tiller, cultivator; worshipper,...
2Latincolōto cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden
3Latinquelō—
4Proto-Italickʷelōto inhabit
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷéleti—
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn

Words derived from “-colous”

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