Where does “културен” come from?
културен (Bulgarian) comes from Bulgarian култура, from Russian культу́ра, from Latin cultūra, from Latin cultus, from Latin colere, from Latin colo, from Latin quelo, from Proto-Italic kʷelō — to turn.
културен (Bulgarian): cultural
Definitions
- cultural
Ancestry of “културен”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bulgarian | култура | culture; knowledge; cultivated sort |
| 2 | Russian | культу́ра | culture |
| 3 | Latin | cultūra | care, cultivation; agriculture, tillage, husbandry |
| 4 | Latin | cultus | tilled, cultivated, having been cultivated;... |
| 5 | Latin | colere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | colo | I till, cultivate the land; I inhabit; I protect,... |
| 7 | Latin | quelo | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |