Where does “culturicidal” come from?
culturicidal (English) comes from English culturicide, from English culture, from Middle French culture, from Latin cultūra, from Latin cultus, from Latin colere, from Latin colo, from Latin quelo — to turn.
culturicidal (English): Destroying a culture
Definitions
- Destroying a culture
Ancestry of “culturicidal”, step by step
culturicidal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English culturicide
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | culturicide | The systematic destruction of a culture,... |
| 2 | English | culture | The arts, customs, lifestyles, background, and... |
| 3 | Middle French | culture | cultivation; culture |
| 4 | Latin | cultūra | care, cultivation; agriculture, tillage, husbandry |
| 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 | to inhabit |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |