Etymology of the English word colonization
the English word
colonizationderived from the English word
colonizederived from the English word
colonyderived from the Latin word
colonia (colony, settlement or people thereof; colony of bees; land possession; landed estate, farm)
derived from the Latin word
colonus (farmer, cultivator, tiller)
derived from the Late Latin word
colere (honor, cherish, worship; live in , inhabit; till)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kʷel-using the English suffix
-izederived from the Old French suffix
-iserderived from the Latin suffix
-izarederived from the Greek suffix
-izein, -ίζειν
Derivations in other languages
French
colonisationCognates
Spanish
colonizaciónUsage
Word found in Modern English
