Where does “deculturalize” come from?
deculturalize (English) comes from English culturalize, from English cultural, from English culture, from Middle French culture, from Latin cultūra, from Latin cultus, from Latin colere, from Latin colo — to turn.
deculturalize (English): To divest of a culture; to remove cultural...
Definitions
- To divest of a culture; to remove cultural...
Ancestry of “deculturalize”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | culturalize | To adapt to the norms of a particular culture |
| 2 | English | cultural | Pertaining to culture |
| 3 | English | culture | The arts, customs, lifestyles, background, and... |
| 4 | Middle French | culture | cultivation; culture |
| 5 | Latin | cultūra | — |
| 6 | Latin | cultus | tilled, cultivated, having been cultivated;... |
| 7 | Latin | colere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | colo | I till, cultivate the land; I inhabit; I protect,... |
| 9 | Latin | quelo | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |