Where does “intercultural” come from?
Intercultural derives from English cultural, which comes from English culture, ultimately tracing to Latin cultura (tilling, cultivation) and Latin colo (to till, inhabit), both rooted in Proto-Indo-European kʷel- (to revolve, move around).
intercultural (English): of, relating to, or between different cultures
Definitions
- of, relating to, or between different cultures
Ancestry of “intercultural”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cultural | Pertaining to 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 |