Where does “kolonya” come from?
kolonya (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish قولونیه, from Italian Colonia, from French Cologne, from Old French Cologne, from Latin colōnia, from Latin colōnus, from Latin colō, from Latin quelō — to turn.
kolonya (Turkish): cologne; kolonya
Definitions
- cologne; kolonya
Ancestry of “kolonya”, step by step
kolonya traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ottoman Turkish قولونیه
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | قولونیه | Alternative spelling of قولونیا |
| 2 | Italian | Colonia | colony |
| 3 | French | Cologne | — |
| 4 | Old French | Cologne | — |
| 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 |
via Spanish colonia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | colonia | colony; neighbourhood; eau de Cologne |
| 2 | Spanish | agua de Colonia | eau de Cologne |