Where does “semicolonial” come from?
semicolonial (Romanian) comes from Romanian colonial, from French colonial, from French colonie, from Middle French colonie, from Latin colōnia, from Latin colōnus, from Latin colō, from Latin quelō — to turn.
semicolonial (Romanian): semicolonial
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- semicolonial
Ancestry of “semicolonial”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | colonial | colonial |
| 2 | French | colonial | colonial; a colonial, a resident of a colony; a... |
| 3 | French | colonie | colony |
| 4 | Middle French | colonie | colony |
| 5 | Latin | colōnia | A colony, settlement |
| 6 | Latin | colōnus | farmer, especially a kind of tenant farmer or sharecropper; husbandman; tiller of the soil |
| 7 | Latin | colō | to cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden |
| 8 | Latin | quelō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |