Where does “colonia” come from?

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

colonia (Spanish): colony; neighbourhood; eau de Cologne

Definitions

  1. colony; neighbourhood; eau de Cologne

Ancestry of “colonia”, step by step

colonia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin colōnia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatincolōniaA colony, settlement
2Latincolōnusfarmer, especially a kind of tenant farmer or sharecropper; husbandman; tiller of the soil
3Latincolōto cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden
4Latinquelō
5Proto-Italickʷelōto inhabit
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷéleti
7Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn

via Spanish agua de Colonia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishagua de Coloniaeau de Cologne
2FrenchEau de Colognecologne a type of perfume consisting of 2–5% essential oils, 70–90% alcohol and water
3LatinColonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium

Words derived from “colonia

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷel-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷéletiEvery word from Proto-Italic kʷelō