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Where does “sorrycultuur” come from?

sorrycultuur (Dutch) comes from Dutch cultuur, from Middle French culture, from Latin cultūra, from Latin cultus, from Latin colere, from Latin colo, from Latin quelo, from Proto-Italic kʷelō — to turn.

sorrycultuur (Dutch): a culture of apologising for errors without these...

Definitions

  1. a culture of apologising for errors without these...

Ancestry of “sorrycultuur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchcultuurculture
2Middle Frenchculturecultivation; culture
3Latincultūra—
4Latincultustilled, cultivated, having been cultivated;...
5Latincoleresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
6LatincoloI till, cultivate the land; I inhabit; I protect,...
7Latinquelo—
8Proto-Italickʷelō—
9Proto-Indo-Europeankʷéleti—
10Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn
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