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 — forms relational adjectives.

anticolonial (Portuguese): anticolonial

Definitions

  1. anticolonial

Ancestry of “anticolonial”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesecolonialcolonial; colonial; colonialistic; relating to...
2Portuguese-alappended to noun X, forms adjectives meaning “of...
3Old Portuguese-al
4Latin-ālis
5Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives
Every word from Proto-Italic -ālisEvery word from Latin -ālisEvery word from Portuguese -al
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