Where does “Kolonialmacht” come from?
Kolonialmacht (German) comes from German kolonial, from French colonial, from French colonie, from Middle French colonie, from Latin colōnia, from Latin colōnus, from Latin colō, from Latin quelō — to turn.
Kolonialmacht (German): colonial power
Definitions
- colonial power
Ancestry of “Kolonialmacht”, step by step
Kolonialmacht traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German kolonial
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | kolonial | colonial |
| 2 | French | colonial | colonial; a colonial, a resident of a colony; a... |
| 3 | French | colonie | colony |
| 4 | Middle French | colonie | colony |
| 5 | Latin | colōnia | A colony, settlement |
| 6 | Latin | colōnus | farmer, especially a kind of tenant farmer or sharecropper; husbandman; tiller of the soil |
| 7 | Latin | colō | to cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden |
| 8 | Latin | quelō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |
via German macht
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | macht | third-person singular present of machen;... |
| 2 | Middle High German | maht | — |
| 3 | Old High German | maht | might |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | mahti | might, power |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | mahtiz | power, ability; strength, force |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | mahtuz | might, power |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mógʰtis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | meǵʰ- | to be able |