Episode 158: Planting Seeds
The History of English Podcast
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The Origins of the Word Colony
The word colony originally referred to the cultivation of land. It had been used in that sense in English since the late 1300s. But now that term started to be extended to similar settlements established by any European country. Over time, the word colony became the generally accepted term for European settlements in the New World.
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