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Where does “cultlike” come from?

cultlike (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.

cultlike (English): Resembling a cult

Definitions

  1. Resembling a cult

Ancestry of “cultlike”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcultA group, sect or movement following an unorthodox...
2Frenchcultereligion; cult
3Latincultustilled, cultivated, having been cultivated;...
4Latincoleresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
5LatincoloI till, cultivate the land; I inhabit; I protect,...
6Latinquelo—
7Proto-Italickʷelō—
8Proto-Indo-Europeankʷéleti—
9Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- →