Where does “monocultural” come from?
Monocultural comes from English cultural, from English culture, from Latin cultura meaning tending or cultivation, from Latin colo meaning to till or inhabit, tracing to Proto-Indo-European kʷel- meaning to turn or move around.
monocultural (English): Having only one culture; of or relating to a...
Definitions
- Having only one culture; of or relating to a...
Ancestry of “monocultural”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | culture | The arts, customs, lifestyles, background, and... |
| 2 | Middle French | culture | cultivation; culture |
| 3 | Latin | cultūra | care, cultivation; agriculture, tillage, husbandry |
| 4 | Latin | cultus | tilled, cultivated, having been cultivated;... |
| 5 | Latin | colere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | colo | I till, cultivate the land; I inhabit; I protect,... |
| 7 | Latin | quelo | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |