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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
precolonial en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *per-
Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *-i
Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i?
Proto-Italic *prai
Proto-Italic *prai-
Latin prae-lbor.
Middle English pre-
English pre-
Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-eti
Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti
Proto-Italic *kʷelō
Latin colō
Latin colōnus
Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós
Proto-Italic *-ijos
Proto-Italic *-ios
Old Latin -ios
Latin -ius
Latin -ia
Latin colōniader.
Middle English colane
English colony
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-
Proto-Indo-European *-is
Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
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Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
▲
Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
English -al
English colonial
English precolonial
From pre- + colonial.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of or pertaining to a historical period before colonization.
Deriveds
precolonially
precolonial en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *per-
Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *-i
Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i?
Proto-Italic *prai
Proto-Italic *prai-
Latin prae-lbor.
Middle English pre-
English pre-
Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-eti
Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti
Proto-Italic *kʷelō
Latin colō
Latin colōnus
Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós
Proto-Italic *-ijos
Proto-Italic *-ios
Old Latin -ios
Latin -ius
Latin -ia
Latin colōniader.
Middle English colane
English colony
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-
Proto-Indo-European *-is
Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
▲
Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
▲
Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
English -al
English colonial
English precolonial
From pre- + colonial.
Meanings
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An inhabitant of an area before colonists first arrived.
After 1970 one no longer expected to find Tio whose parents had experienced the precolonial period, except for a few very old persons. Most people now were grandchildren of the precolonials.
1990, Jan M. Vansina, Paths in the Rainforests:However, archaeological evidence also points to the likelihood of “direct jumps” by Saladoid migrants from South America to the northern Caribbean. It is easy to understand why these early precolonials were engaged in island-hopping.
2009, Basil A. Reid, Myths and Realities of Caribbean History, page 100:The precolonials did not do it, and the moderns ought not to do it.
2015, Karlo Basta, John McGarry, Richard Simeon, Territorial Pluralism, page 233:
Forms
Translations (7)
de Ureinwohner (Translations) · ro precolonial (Translations) · pt pré-colonial (Translations) · fr précolonial (Translations) · it precoloniale (Translations) · de Indigener (Translations) · de Indigene (Translations)