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Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁-e-ti

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)

Middle English -ist

English colonist

From colon(y) + -ist.

colonist (plural colonists)

  1. A founder of a colony.
    Synonym: colonizer
    Hypernym: colonialist
  2. A member of a colony.
    Synonym: colonizer
    Hypernym: colonialist

founder of a colony

member of a colony

Borrowed from German Kolonist. By surface analysis, colonie +‎ -ist.

colonist m (plural coloniști, feminine equivalent colonistă)

  1. colonist

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