Etymology

uncolonize

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Today it means: Synonym of decolonize. Full definition →

English colonize ← Middle English colane ← Latin colōnia
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  3. Proto-Germanic*anda-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*anda-
  5. Old Englishand-
  6. Old Englishon-
  7. Middle Englishon-
  8. Englishun-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*kʷélh₁eti
  11. Proto-Italic*kʷelō
  12. Latincolō
  13. Latincolōnus
  14. Latincolōnia
  15. Middle Englishcolane
  16. Englishcolony
  17. Englishcolonize
  18. English todayuncolonize

From un- + colonize.

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