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
- One who opposes cults, typically as a form of...
Ancestry of “anticultist”, step by step
anticultist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English cultist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cultist | A member of a cult |
| 2 | English | cult | A group, sect or movement following an unorthodox... |
| 3 | French | culte | religion; cult |
| 4 | Latin | cultus | tilled, cultivated, having been cultivated;... |
| 5 | Latin | colere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | colo | I till, cultivate the land; I inhabit; I protect,... |
| 7 | Latin | quelo | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |