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
- colony; neighbourhood; eau de Cologne
Ancestry of “colonia”, step by step
colonia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin colōnia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | colōnia | A colony, settlement |
| 2 | Latin | colōnus | farmer, especially a kind of tenant farmer or sharecropper; husbandman; tiller of the soil |
| 3 | Latin | colō | to cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden |
| 4 | Latin | quelō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |
via Spanish agua de Colonia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | agua de Colonia | eau de Cologne |
| 2 | French | Eau de Cologne | cologne a type of perfume consisting of 2–5% essential oils, 70–90% alcohol and water |
| 3 | Latin | Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium | — |