Etymology

colonus

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Today it means: A sharecropping tenant farmer of the late Roman Empire and Early Middle Ages. Full definition →

Latin colōnus ← Proto-Italic *kʷelō ← Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kʷélh₁eti
  3. Proto-Italic*kʷelō
  4. Latincolō
  5. Latincolōnus
  6. English todaycolonus

Borrowed from Latin colōnus.

Words from the same roots

Latincolōnus all →

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