Where does “Leprakolonie” come from?
Leprakolonie (German) comes from German Kolonie, 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 — to turn.
Leprakolonie (German): leper colony
Definitions
- leper colony
Ancestry of “Leprakolonie”, step by step
Leprakolonie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Kolonie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Kolonie | colony settlement away from the mainland/motherland |
| 2 | Middle French | colonie | colony |
| 3 | Latin | colōnia | A colony, settlement |
| 4 | Latin | colōnus | farmer, especially a kind of tenant farmer or sharecropper; husbandman; tiller of the soil |
| 5 | Latin | colō | to cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden |
| 6 | Latin | quelō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |
via German Lepra
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Lepra | leprosy |
| 2 | Latin | lēpra | psoriasis, similar skin disorders |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | λέπρα | leprosy |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | λεπρός | scaly, scabby, rough; leprous, mangy |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | λεπίς | scale, flake, shell, husk; epithelial debris;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | λέπω | peel, strip off the rind or husk |