Etymology of the English word colony
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-Date
The earliest known usage of colony in English dates from the 16th century.
Derivations in English
colonize,
colonial,
colonistCognates
Dutch
kolonie, French
colonie, German
Kolonie, Italian
colonia, Latin
colonia, Lithuanian
kolonija, Norwegian
koloni, Polish
kolonia, Russian
кoлония, Spanish
colonia, Swedish
koloniUsage
Word found in Modern English
