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colon

Latin

settlement, colony, farmer

Variants

coloncoloni

About This Root

From Latin colonia (settlement, farm), from colonus (farmer, settler), from colere (to cultivate, inhabit). Carries the settlement and expansion sense — colony (a settlement in new territory), colonial (of a colony), colonize (to establish a colony), and colonist (a settler). The agricultural origin (colere = to till the land) links farming to founding new communities.

Associated Words

colonial

Of or relating to a colony; a person from a colony

IELTSTOEFLB2

colonist

A person who settles in or helps establish a colony

B2

colonize

To establish a colony in a place; to settle and control a territory

TOEFLGREB2

colony

A territory controlled by a distant country; a community of settlers or organisms

IELTSTOEFLGRE