Where does “masscult” come from?

masscult (English) comes from English cult, from French culte, from Latin cultus, from Latin colere, from Latin colo, from Latin quelo, from Proto-Italic kʷelō, from Proto-Indo-European kʷéleti — to turn.

masscult (English): The modern industrial equivalent of culture,...

Definitions

  1. The modern industrial equivalent of culture,...

Ancestry of “masscult”, step by step

masscult traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English cult

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcultA group, sect or movement following an unorthodox...
2Frenchcultereligion; cult
3Latincultustilled, cultivated, having been cultivated;...
4Latincoleresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
5LatincoloI till, cultivate the land; I inhabit; I protect,...
6Latinquelo
7Proto-Italickʷelōto inhabit
8Proto-Indo-Europeankʷéleti
9Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn

via English Mass

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishMassThe principal liturgical service of the Church,...
2Middle EnglishmesseMass; The Eucharist; Holy Communion; The act of...
3Old Englishmæssemass
4Vulgar LatinmessaEucharist, dismissal; Eucharist; dismissal;...
5LatinmissaMass; Christian eucharistic liturgy; nominative...
6Latinmissumaccusative supine of mittō; inflection of...
7Latinmittōto send, dispatch, cause to go, let go, release, discharge
8Proto-Italicmeitōto put forth, put out
9Proto-Indo-Europeanmeyth₂-to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷel-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷéletiEvery word from Proto-Italic kʷelō