English
colonize
From colony + -ize.
A compound of colony + -ize
Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- ‘to turn’
…
Latin colō ‘till, cultivate, worship’
Latin colōnus ‘farmer’
Latin colōnia
Middle English colane
English colony
Today it means
verb To settle (a place) with colonists, and hence make (a place) into a colony.
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Etymograph / colonize