inquilinus.
inhabitant of same house, tenant, lodger; inhabitant, denizen; type of serf;
Meaning & usage
a sojourner (an inhabitant of a place which is not his own) an inmate, lodger
a sojourner (an inhabitant of a place which is not his own) a roommate
someone seen as contemptible as not born inside one's city (especially Rome), a foreigner, adopted citizen
a tourist, squatter
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *enkʷelō Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Proto-Italic *enkʷilīnos Latin inquilinus From Proto-Italic *en-kʷe/il-īnos, from *en-kʷe/ilō + *-īnos. By surface analysis, incolō (“to dwell or abide in a place, to inhabit”) + -īnus; ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to turn”). Compare incola (“an inhabitant of a place, a resident; a foreign resident”). The Proto Italic labio-velar lost in colō and its derivatives but kept in inquilīnus may well also be seen in the placename Esquilīnus mons.
of foreign birth
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *enkʷelō Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Proto-Italic *enkʷilīnos Latin inquilinus From Proto-Italic *en-kʷe/il-īnos, from *en-kʷe/ilō + *-īnos. By surface analysis, incolō (“to dwell or abide in a place, to inhabit”) + -īnus; ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to turn”). Compare incola (“an inhabitant of a place, a resident; a foreign resident”). The Proto Italic labio-velar lost in colō and its derivatives but kept in inquilīnus may well also be seen in the placename Esquilīnus mons.
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