Where does “counterculturalist” come from?
counterculturalist (English) comes from English countercultural, from English counterculture, from English culture, from Middle French culture, from Latin cultūra, from Latin cultus, from Latin colere, from Latin colo — to turn.
counterculturalist (English): One who engages in counterculture
Definitions
- One who engages in counterculture
Ancestry of “counterculturalist”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | countercultural | Of or pertaining to a counterculture |
| 2 | English | counterculture | Any culture whose values and lifestyles are... |
| 3 | English | culture | The arts, customs, lifestyles, background, and... |
| 4 | Middle French | culture | cultivation; culture |
| 5 | Latin | cultūra | — |
| 6 | Latin | cultus | tilled, cultivated, having been cultivated;... |
| 7 | Latin | colere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | colo | I till, cultivate the land; I inhabit; I protect,... |
| 9 | Latin | quelo | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |