Where does “colonie” come from?
colonie (Italian) comes from Italian colonia, from French Cologne, from Old French Cologne, from Latin colōnia, from Latin colōnus, from Latin colō, from Latin quelō, from Proto-Italic kʷelō — to turn.
colonie (Italian): plural of colonia
Definitions
- plural of colonia
Ancestry of “colonie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | colonia | colony; cologne, eau de Cologne; holding |
| 2 | French | Cologne | — |
| 3 | Old French | Cologne | — |
| 4 | Latin | colōnia | A colony, settlement |
| 5 | Latin | colōnus | farmer, especially a kind of tenant farmer or sharecropper; husbandman; tiller of the soil |
| 6 | Latin | colō | to cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden |
| 7 | Latin | quelō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |