Etymology

monocolonize

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Today it means: To colonize with a single species Full definition →

English colonize ← Middle English colane ← Latin colōnia
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*men-
  2. Proto-Hellenic*mónwos
  3. Ancient Greekμόνος (mónos)
  4. Ancient Greekμονο- (mono-)
  5. Englishmono-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*kʷélh₁eti
  8. Proto-Italic*kʷelō
  9. Latincolō
  10. Latincolōnus
  11. Latincolōnia
  12. Middle Englishcolane
  13. Englishcolony
  14. Englishcolonize
  15. English todaymonocolonize

From mono- + colonize.

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