Where does “anticultism” come from?

anticultism (English) comes from English cultism, from English cult, from French culte, from Latin cultus, from Latin colere, from Latin colo, from Latin quelo, from Proto-Italic kʷelō — to turn.

anticultism (English): Opposition to cults

Definitions

  1. Opposition to cults

Ancestry of “anticultism”, step by step

anticultism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English cultism

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcultismThe system or practice of a cult; Synonym of...
2EnglishcultA group, sect or movement following an unorthodox...
3Frenchcultereligion; cult
4Latincultustilled, cultivated, having been cultivated;...
5Latincoleresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
6LatincoloI till, cultivate the land; I inhabit; I protect,...
7Latinquelo
8Proto-Italickʷelōto inhabit
9Proto-Indo-Europeankʷéleti
10Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn

via English anti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishantiOpposed to something; That has a torsion angle...
2Englishanti-Against, hostile to; Contrasting with the norm;...
3Ancient Greekἀντι-anti-, against; like, reminiscent of
4Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ́opposite
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷel-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷéletiEvery word from Proto-Italic kʷelō
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