Etymology of the Latin word colonia
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-Derivations in Latin
colonariusDerivations in other languages
English
colony, French
colonial, Italian
colonia, Spanish
coloniaCognates
Dutch
kolonie, English
colony, French
colonie, German
Kolonie, Italian
colonia, Lithuanian
kolonija, Norwegian
koloni, Polish
kolonia, Russian
кoлония, Spanish
colonia, Swedish
koloni
