Where does “colonize” come from?
Colonize is derived from English colony, from Latin colonia, from Latin colonus, from Latin colo meaning to cultivate or inhabit, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel-.
colonize (English): To settle with colonists, and hence make into a...
Definitions
- To settle with colonists, and hence make into a...
Ancestry of “colonize”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | -ize | Used to form verbs from nouns or adjectives |
| 2 | Middle English | -isen | -ise, -ize |
| 3 | Middle French | -iser | -ize |
| 4 | Latin | -izō | Used to form similative verbs from nouns and adjectives |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ίζω | Used to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and... |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | -íďďō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -idyéti | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
Words derived from “colonize”
- colonization
- decolonization
- colonizer
- recolonization
- decolonize
- recolonize
- colonizationist
- anticolonization
- colonizable
- colonizationism
- Cocacolonization
- hypercolonize
- self-colonize
- colonizee
- monocolonize
- neo-colonize
- uncolonize
- cocolonization
- hypercolonization
- monocolonization
- recoloniza
- biocolonization
- colonizational
- dyscolonization