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Where does “unicoloniality” come from?

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

unicoloniality (English): A social structure of ants in which the workers...

Definitions

  1. A social structure of ants in which the workers...

Ancestry of “unicoloniality”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcolonialityThe quality of being colonial
2EnglishcolonialOf or pertaining to a colony; Of or pertaining to...
3English-ál—
4Middle English-al—
5Old French-alsuffix used to form adjectives from nouns
6Latin-ālis—
7Proto-Italic-ālis—
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