English Explanatory Dictionary

recolonize

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To colonize again, especially after decolonization.

Word forms

recolonize recolonizes recolonizing recolonized recolonise

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- 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 *-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 colonize English recolonize From re- + colonize.

Derived words

recolonization recolonisation
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