Etymology

colonia

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Today it means: a slum or shantytown near the US-Mexican border, generally without modern infrastructure Full definition →

Mexican Spanish colonia ← Latin colōnia ← Proto-Italic *kʷelō
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colonia · noun1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kʷélh₁eti
  3. Proto-Italic*kʷelō
  4. Latincolō
  5. Latincolōnus
  6. Latincolōnia
  7. Mexican Spanishcolonia
  8. English todaycolonia

Borrowed from Mexican Spanish colonia.

Colonia · proper noun2

Compare with Spanish colonia. Doublet of Cologne, colony, and Köln.

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