Where does “anticolonial” come from?
Anticolonial derives from English colonial, from English colony, from English aldehyde, from Proto-Indo-European h₂énti and Latin colo, meaning to inhabit or cultivate, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel-.
anticolonial (English): Opposing colonialism; One who opposes colonialism
Definitions
- Opposing colonialism; One who opposes colonialism
Ancestry of “anticolonial”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | colonial | Of or pertaining to a colony; Of or pertaining to... |
| 2 | English | -ál | Of or pertaining to. Adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to produce an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also |
| 3 | Middle English | -al | — |
| 4 | Old French | -al | suffix used to form adjectives from nouns |
| 5 | Latin | -ālis | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -ālis | forms relational adjectives |