English
colonial
From colony + -al.
A compound of colony + -al
Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- ‘to turn’
…
Latin colō ‘till, cultivate, worship’
Latin colōnus ‘farmer’
Latin colōnia
Middle English colane
English colony
Today it means
adj Of or pertaining to a colony.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / colonial