Where does “култура” come from?

култура (Bulgarian) comes from Russian культу́ра, from Latin cultūra, from Latin cultus, from Latin colere, from Latin colo, from Latin quelo, from Proto-Italic kʷelō, from Proto-Indo-European kʷéleti — to turn.

култура (Bulgarian): culture; knowledge; cultivated sort

Definitions

  1. culture; knowledge; cultivated sort

Ancestry of “култура”, step by step

култура traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Russian культу́ра

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianкульту́раculture
2Latincultūracare, cultivation; agriculture, tillage, husbandry
3Latincultustilled, cultivated, having been cultivated;...
4Latincoleresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
5LatincoloI till, cultivate the land; I inhabit; I protect,...
6Latinquelo
7Proto-Italickʷelōto inhabit
8Proto-Indo-Europeankʷéleti
9Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn

via German Kultur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKulturculture

Words derived from “култура

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷel-
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