Etymology of the Latin word colonus
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
colonia,
colonatus,
colonicusDerivations in other languages
French
colon, Italian
colono, Portuguese
colono, Spanish
colono
