Where does “colōnus” come from?

colōnus (Latin) comes from Latin colō, from Latin quelō, from Proto-Italic kʷelō, from Proto-Indo-European kʷéleti, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.

colōnus (Latin): farmer, especially a kind of tenant farmer or sharecropper; husbandman; tiller of the soil

Definitions

  1. farmer, especially a kind of tenant farmer or sharecropper; husbandman; tiller of the soil

Ancestry of “colōnus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincolōto cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden
2Latinquelō—
3Proto-Italickʷelōto inhabit
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷéleti—
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn

Words derived from “colōnus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- →