Etymology

-colous

Today it means: Having a specified habitat. Full definition →

Latin -col(a)
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The story

  1. Latin · borrowed from-col(a)“inhabitor”
  2. English today-colous

From Latin -col(a) (“inhabitor”) + -ous. By surface analysis, -col(e) + -ous.

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