Where does “postcolonialism” come from?
Postcolonialism derives from English colonialism, from English colonial, from English colony, from Latin colonus (settler), from Latin colo (to inhabit), from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- (to dwell).
postcolonialism (English): An era or attitude relating to the period after...
Definitions
- An era or attitude relating to the period after...
Ancestry of “postcolonialism”, step by step
postcolonialism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English post
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | post | A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground;... |
| 2 | Middle French | poste | — |
| 3 | Italian | posta | mail, post; post office; stakes |
| 4 | Italian | posto | place, spot |
| 5 | Latin | positus | placed; ordained |
| 6 | Latin | pōnō | to place; to put; to lay |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | poznō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | pozinō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | sinō | — |
via English colonialism
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | colonialism | The policy of a country seeking to extend or... |
| 2 | English | colonial | Of or pertaining to a colony; Of or pertaining to... |
| 3 | 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 |
| 4 | Middle English | -al | — |
| 5 | Old French | -al | suffix used to form adjectives from nouns |
| 6 | Latin | -ālis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -ālis | forms relational adjectives |