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Where does “anticultist” come from?

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

anticultist (English): One who opposes cults, typically as a form of...

Definitions

  1. One who opposes cults, typically as a form of...

Ancestry of “anticultist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcultistA member of a cult
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-Italickʷelō—
9Proto-Indo-Europeankʷéleti—
10Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- →