"colonus" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: coloni [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Latin colōnusbor. English colonus Borrowed from Latin colōnus. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:bor|la:colōnus|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Latin colōnusbor. English colonus [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "turn", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*kʷélh₁eti", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*kʷelh₁-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-eti", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*kʷelō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "colō", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "colōnus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "colonus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="colonus"> Borrowed from Latin colōnus. Head templates: {{en-noun|coloni}} colonus (plural coloni)
  1. (historical) A sharecropping tenant farmer of the late Roman Empire and Early Middle Ages. Tags: historical
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Inflected forms

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