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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

  1. One who engages in counterculture

Ancestry of “counterculturalist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcounterculturalOf or pertaining to a counterculture
2EnglishcountercultureAny culture whose values and lifestyles are...
3EnglishcultureThe arts, customs, lifestyles, background, and...
4Middle Frenchculturecultivation; culture
5Latincultūra—
6Latincultustilled, cultivated, having been cultivated;...
7Latincoleresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
8LatincoloI till, cultivate the land; I inhabit; I protect,...
9Latinquelo—
10Proto-Italickʷelō—
11Proto-Indo-Europeankʷéleti—
12Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- →