Where does “multicultural” come from?
multicultural (Catalan) comes from Catalan cultural, from German kulturell, from German Kultur, from Latin cultūra, from Latin cultus, from Latin colere, from Latin colo, from Latin quelo — to turn.
multicultural (Catalan): multicultural
Definitions
- multicultural
Ancestry of “multicultural”, step by step
multicultural traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Catalan cultural
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | cultural | cultural |
| 2 | German | kulturell | cultural |
| 3 | German | Kultur | culture |
| 4 | Latin | cultūra | care, cultivation; agriculture, tillage, husbandry |
| 5 | Latin | cultus | tilled, cultivated, having been cultivated;... |
| 6 | Latin | colere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | colo | I till, cultivate the land; I inhabit; I protect,... |
| 8 | Latin | quelo | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |
via Catalan multi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | multi |