Where does “cultbuster” come from?
cultbuster (English) comes from English cult, from French culte, from Latin cultus, from Latin colere, from Latin colo, from Latin quelo, from Proto-Italic kʷelō, from Proto-Indo-European kʷéleti — to turn.
cultbuster (English): One who attempts to destroy a cult or cults
Definitions
- One who attempts to destroy a cult or cults
Ancestry of “cultbuster”, step by step
cultbuster traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English cult
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cult | A group, sect or movement following an unorthodox... |
| 2 | French | culte | religion; cult |
| 3 | Latin | cultus | tilled, cultivated, having been cultivated;... |
| 4 | Latin | colere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 5 | Latin | colo | I till, cultivate the land; I inhabit; I protect,... |
| 6 | Latin | quelo | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |
via English Buster
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Buster | who or something that bursts, breaks, or destroys a specified thing |
| 2 | German | Büste | bust; dummy |
| 3 | French | buste | bust, torso; bust |
| 4 | Italian | busto | tomb, grave; cadaver, corpse; bust |
| 5 | Latin | bustum | A burial mound, tomb; A place for burning funeral... |
| 6 | Latin | urere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | uro | I burn, consume, inflame; to rage, to ravage |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | ouzō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ews- | to burn |