Where does “anticolonial” come from?
anticolonial (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese colonial, from Portuguese -al, from Old Portuguese -al, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis.
anticolonial (Portuguese): anticolonial
Ancestry of “anticolonial”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | colonial | colonial; colonial; colonialistic; relating to... |
| 2 | Portuguese | -al | appended to noun X, forms adjectives meaning “of... |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | -al | — |
| 4 | Latin | -ālis | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -ālis | — |