Word: colonize
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: col
o
nize
Definition: To settle (a place) with colonists, and hence make (a place) into a colony.
Morphemes:
Affix: colony
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A settlement of emigrants who move to a new place, but remain culturally tied to their place of origin
Etymology Compounds: Affix: colōnia
Language: la
Decoded: colonia
Meaning: colony
Affix: -ize
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: to make what is denoted by the noun/adjective