Where does “culturalism” come from?
Culturalism comes from English culture, which derives from Latin cultura meaning tilling or cultivation, from Latin colo meaning to tend or cultivate, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- meaning to turn or move around.
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Ancestry of “culturalism”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | cultural | Pertaining to culture |
| 2 | English | culture | The arts, customs, lifestyles, background, and... |
| 3 | Middle French | culture | cultivation; culture |
| 4 | Latin | cultūra | — |
| 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 | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |