Where does “countercultural” come from?
Countercultural derives from English cultural, which comes from English culture, ultimately from Latin cultura meaning "tending or tillage," itself from Latin colo meaning "to cultivate," tracing back to Proto-Indo-European kʷel- meaning "to turn or move around."
countercultural (English): Of or pertaining to a counterculture
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to a counterculture
Ancestry of “countercultural”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | counterculture | Any culture whose values and lifestyles are... |
| 2 | English | culture | The arts, customs, lifestyles, background, and... |
| 3 | Middle French | culture | cultivation; culture |
| 4 | Latin | cultūra | care, cultivation; agriculture, tillage, husbandry |
| 5 | Latin | cultus | tilled, cultivated, having been cultivated;... |
| 6 | Latin | colere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | colo | I till, cultivate the land; I inhabit; I protect,... |
| 8 | Latin | quelo | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |