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Where does “anticolonial” come from?

anticolonial (French) comes from French colonial, from French colonie, from Middle French colonie, from Latin colōnia, from Latin colōnus, from Latin colō, from Latin quelō, from Proto-Italic kʷelō — to turn.

anticolonial (French): anticolonial

Definitions

  1. anticolonial

Ancestry of “anticolonial”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcolonialcolonial; a colonial, a resident of a colony; a...
2Frenchcoloniecolony
3Middle Frenchcoloniecolony
4Latincolōnia—
5Latincolōnus—
6Latincolō—
7Latinquelō—
8Proto-Italickʷelō—
9Proto-Indo-Europeankʷéleti—
10Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- →