Where does “colonizar” come from?
colonizar (Spanish) comes from Spanish colonia, 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.
colonizar (Spanish): to colonize
Ancestry of “colonizar”, step by step