Meanings
comparative more colonizable · superlative most colonizable
- Capable of being colonized.
1 more example
Gazing at the magniscreen, he rubbed his palms together in satisfaction. His ship was swinging smoothly in an orbit high above a newly-discovered planet, and the magniscreen was focused on the landscape below. No Dal ship had ever been in this part of the galaxy before, and it was comforting to have discovered a colonizable planet so quickly.
1957 July, Randall Garrett, “The Best Policy”, in Astounding Science Fiction
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷélh₁eti
- Proto-Italic*kʷelō
- Latincolō
- Latincolōnus
- Latincolōnia
- Middle Englishcolane
- Englishcolony
- Englishcolonize
- Englishcolonizable
Cite this entry
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