Where does “Kolonialware” come from?
Kolonialware (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.
Kolonialware (German): colonial good such as coffee, cocoa, tobacco
Definitions
- colonial good such as coffee, cocoa, tobacco
Ancestry of “Kolonialware”, step by step
Kolonialware 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 wāre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | wāre | goods, merchandise, ware, commodity |
| 2 | English | Ware | A placename |
| 3 | Middle English | ware | Alternative form of veir; Alternative form of... |
| 4 | Old English | wær | cautious, on guard, watching out for something;... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | wār | true, reliable |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | wēraz | true; reliable; friendly; kind |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wiHrós | man; husband; warrior, hero |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | weyh₁- | to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute |