Italian word colonia comes from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-, Latin colum, and later Latin colonus (Colonist, colonial, inhabitant. Farmer.)
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| *kʷel- | Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) | |
| colum | Latin (lat) | (poetic) a wicker basket for catching fish. Colander, strainer. |
| *quelo | Latin (lat) | |
| quelo | Latin (lat) | |
| colare | Latin (lat) | |
| colonus | Latin (lat) | Colonist, colonial, inhabitant. Farmer. |
| colonia | Latin (lat) | (metonymy) The people composing a colony, colonists.. A colony, settlement.. A possession in land, land attached to a farm, estate. |
| colonia | Italian (ita) | Colony. |