Where does “anticolonialism” come from?

anticolonialism (English) comes from French anticolonialisme, from French colonial, from French colonie, from Middle French colonie, from Latin colōnia, from Latin colōnus, from Latin colō, from Latin quelō — to turn.

anticolonialism (English): The movement that opposes colonialism

Definitions

  1. The movement that opposes colonialism

Ancestry of “anticolonialism”, step by step

anticolonialism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French anticolonialisme

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchanticolonialismeanticolonialism
2Frenchcolonialcolonial; a colonial, a resident of a colony; a...
3Frenchcoloniecolony
4Middle Frenchcoloniecolony
5LatincolōniaA colony, settlement
6Latincolōnusfarmer, especially a kind of tenant farmer or sharecropper; husbandman; tiller of the soil
7Latincolōto cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden
8Latinquelō
9Proto-Italickʷelōto inhabit
10Proto-Indo-Europeankʷéleti
11Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn

via English colonialism

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcolonialismThe policy of a country seeking to extend or...
2EnglishcolonialOf or pertaining to a colony; Of or pertaining to...
3English-álOf 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
4Middle English-al
5Old French-alsuffix used to form adjectives from nouns
6Latin-ālis
7Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷel-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷéletiEvery word from Proto-Italic kʷelō