Where does “kultfilm” come from?
kultfilm (Danish) comes from Danish kult, from French culte, from Latin cultus, from Latin colere, from Latin colo, from Latin quelo, from Proto-Italic kʷelō, from Proto-Indo-European kʷéleti — to turn.
kultfilm (Danish): A cult film, a film that has acquired a cult...
Definitions
- A cult film, a film that has acquired a cult...
Ancestry of “kultfilm”, step by step
kultfilm traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish kult
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | kult | cult |
| 2 | French | culte | religion; cult |
| 3 | Latin | cultus | tilled, cultivated, having been cultivated;... |
| 4 | Latin | colere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 5 | Latin | colo | I till, cultivate the land; I inhabit; I protect,... |
| 6 | Latin | quelo | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |
via Danish film
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | film | a movie, a film, motion picture; film; a thin... |
| 2 | English | Film | A thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity |
| 3 | Russian | фильм | film, movie |
| 4 | English | film | A thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a... |
| 5 | Middle English | filme | film, membrane |
| 6 | Old English | filmen | membrane; caul; foreskin |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *filmīn- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | *filmīn- | — |