Where does “interculturalism” come from?
interculturalism (English) comes from English intercultural, from English cultural, from English culture, from Middle French culture, from Latin cultūra, from Latin cultus, from Latin colere, from Latin colo — to turn.
interculturalism (English): The philosophy of exchanges between cultural...
Definitions
- The philosophy of exchanges between cultural...
Ancestry of “interculturalism”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | intercultural | of, relating to, or between different cultures |
| 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 |