English
Lost Colony
From lost + colony, since it was a failed colony of England that mysteriously disappeared with no survivors.
Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- ‘to turn’
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Latin colō ‘till, cultivate, worship’
Latin colōnus ‘farmer’
Latin colōnia
Middle English colane
English colony
Today it means
name Synonym of Roanoke Colony: A former colony in North America.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Lost Colony