colonialize

colonialize

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁-e-ti
Proto-Italic *kʷelō
Latin colō
Latin colōnus
Latin colōniader.
Middle English colane
English colony
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
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Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
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Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
English -al
English colonial
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.
Late Latin -izōder.
Middle French -iserbor.
Middle English -isen
English -ize
English colonialize

    From colonial +‎ -ize.

    Verb

    colonialize (third-person singular simple present colonializes, present participle colonializing, simple past and past participle colonialized)

    1. To make colonial.

    Derived terms

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