Where does “colonie” come from?
colonie (French) comes from Middle French colonie, from Latin colōnia, from Latin colōnus, from Latin colō, from Latin quelō, from Proto-Italic kʷelō, from Proto-Indo-European kʷéleti, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.
colonie (French): colony
Ancestry of “colonie”, step by step
Words derived from “colonie”