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Where does “retro-colonial” come from?

retro-colonial (English) comes from English colonial, from English -ál, from Middle English -al, from Old French -al, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis.

retro-colonial (English): Pertaining to a modern "retro" interpretation of...

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to a modern "retro" interpretation of...

Ancestry of “retro-colonial”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcolonialOf or pertaining to a colony; Of or pertaining to...
2English-ál—
3Middle English-al—
4Old French-alsuffix used to form adjectives from nouns
5Latin-ālis—
6Proto-Italic-ālis—
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