Where does “cultuur” come from?
cultuur (Dutch) comes from Middle French culture, 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.
cultuur (Dutch): culture
Definitions
- culture
Ancestry of “cultuur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | culture | cultivation; culture |
| 2 | Latin | cultūra | care, cultivation; agriculture, tillage, husbandry |
| 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 |