Where does “colonialist” come from?
Colonialist derives from English colony, from English colonial, from Ancient Greek -ίζω, from Latin colo meaning to inhabit or cultivate, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- meaning to dwell.
colonialist (English): Of or pertaining to colonialism; An advocate of...
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to colonialism; An advocate of...
Ancestry of “colonialist”, step by step
colonialist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French colonialiste
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | colonialiste | colonialist |
| 2 | French | colonial | colonial; a colonial, a resident of a colony; a... |
| 3 | French | colonie | colony |
| 4 | Middle French | colonie | colony |
| 5 | Latin | colōnia | A colony, settlement |
| 6 | Latin | colōnus | farmer, especially a kind of tenant farmer or sharecropper; husbandman; tiller of the soil |
| 7 | Latin | colō | to cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden |
| 8 | Latin | quelō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |
via English colonial
| 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 |